Book Playlist

Don't Cross Mo Ellery Playlist

by Birdie Horne

20 tracks

uplifting

Oct 29, 2026

This jazz-led mix pairs the bustle and close-knit feel of a Chicago neighborhood with the playful mystery of Mo's investigation and the warmth of her unlikely new community. Its instrumental moods shift from jaunty and streetwise to reflective and buoyant, while three vocal tracks add a little birthday-reboot spirit, city character, and comic dog-related charm.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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2

So What

Miles Davis · Pleasantville -Music From The Motion Picture

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3

Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock · The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions

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4

Take the "A" Train

Duke Ellington · Piano In The Background (Expanded Edition)

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5

April In Paris

Count Basie · April In Paris (Expanded Edition)

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6

Hymn to Freedom

Oscar Peterson · Hold These Truths

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7

Desafinado

Stan Getz · Work From Home with Stan Getz

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8

Wave

Antônio Carlos Jobim · Wave

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9

Soul Sauce - Remastered

Cal Tjader · The Afro Cuban Jazz of Cal Tjader (Remastered)

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10

The Sermon

Jimmy Smith · Any Number Can Win

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11

Bumpin' On Sunset

Wes Montgomery · Tequila (Expanded Edition)

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12

Idle Moments

Grant Green · The Best Of Grant Green (Vol. 1)

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13

Chitlins Con Carne

Kenny Burrell · Midnight Blue (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

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14

Song For My Father

Horace Silver · Song For My Father

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15

Moanin'

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · Moanin' (Expanded Edition)

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16

Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans · New Jazz Conceptions

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17

Last Train Home

Pat Metheny Group · Still Life (Talking)

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18

St. Thomas

Sonny Rollins · Saxophone Colossus

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19

Chicago

Frank Sinatra · Chicago

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20

I Got You (I Feel Good)

James Brown · The 50th Anniversary Collection

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Mood uplifting

Genre jazz

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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