The Coldest Winter Ever

Book Playlist

The Coldest Winter Ever Playlist

by Sister Souljah

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 10, 2026

This playlist follows Winter Santiaga from the glittering confidence of her Brooklyn upbringing into the cold consequences of her choices: streetwise hip-hop and hard-edged New York jazz meet noir score cues, reflective piano, and spacious instrumentals. The final six vocal tracks evoke the novel’s money-and-power landscape, its family and neighborhood pressures, and Winter’s increasingly precarious pursuit of status and survival.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Intro

The xx · xx

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2

aruarian dance

Nujabes · samurai champloo music record departure

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3

Ghostwriter

RJD2 · Deadringer: Deluxe

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4

Green Onions

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Green Onions

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5

Watermelon Man

Herbie Hancock · Head Hunters

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6

Naima

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

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7

Take the "A" Train

Duke Ellington · Piano In The Background (Expanded Edition)

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8

Song For My Father

Horace Silver · Song For My Father

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9

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Cannonball Adderley · Jazz Profile: Cannonball Adderley

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10

Main Title

Bernard Herrmann · The Twilight Zone

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11

Love theme from The Godfather

Nino Rota · Aurora Borealis

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12

Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title)

Jerry Goldsmith · Chinatown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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13

Children

Robert Miles · 2gether 90 (Années 90)

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14

One Man's Dream

Yanni · The Essential Yanni

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15

Song For Guy

Elton John · A Single Man

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16

A Calf Born In Winter

Khruangbin · A Calf Born in Winter

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17

Kiara

Bonobo · Black Sands

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18

So What

Miles Davis · Essentials Jazz : The Ultimate Best of Jazz

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19

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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20

Lonely Woman

Ornette Coleman · The Shape Of Jazz To Come

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