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The Great Gatsby Playlist
This playlist captures the glittering yet haunting Jazz Age ambiance of The Great Gatsby, blending lush instrumentals with evocative vocal tracks that reflect the era's glamour, melancholy, and complex characters. The instrumental selections echo the opulence and underlying tension of Gatsby's world, while the vocal songs delve into themes of longing, illusion, and the American Dream's fragility, mirroring the novel's emotional and social layers.
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21 songs
1
Harlem Nocturne
Earle Hagen · Swing Is King!
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Body And Soul
Gerry Mulligan · Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet / Blues In Time
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Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: III. Menuet
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Bolero / Ma Mere L'Oye / Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
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Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington · Ellington, Duke: Black, Brown and Beige (1943-1945)
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The Charleston
James P. Johnson · James P. Johnson: 'The Father of Stride Piano' - Carolina Shout
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Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin · Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris
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At the Jazz Band Ball
Larry Shields · Beiderbecke, Bix: Bix Lives! (1926-1930)
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Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Nocturnes, Mazurkas and Waltzes
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Blue Rondo à la Turk
Dave Brubeck · Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
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Crystal Silence
Chick Corea · Return To Forever
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Young And Beautiful
Lana Del Rey · Van Vibes
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Ain't Misbehavin' - (from the musical comedy "Connie's Hot Chocolates")
Fats Waller · RCA Original Masters
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Back to black
Amy Winehouse Tribute Band · Back to black
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Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Louis Jordan · Rock Doc!
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Crazy In Love (Instrumental)
Estro Kara · Beyoncé (Instrumental)
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La Vie En Rose
Édith Piaf · Believe
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I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone · pov: you're a witch
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Summertime
Ella Fitzgerald · Louis on Broadway
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Somewhere Only We Know
Keane · Inglés Mix
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Young Man's Blues
Mose Allison · Mose Allison [2-fer]
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