Assignment 23: Perfect Playlist Zac Byrd

Playlist to listen to in the morning to get you going for the rest of the day.

Whoopin’ Blues by Nicholas Payton:

This song is more of a New Orleans style song.  It’s a blues so it has a fun feel to it with syncopated rhythms throughout.  It starts the playlist off with a catchy melody and it is not a too fast and overbearing song.

Flying Home by the Tonight Show Band:

This is one of my favorite songs of all time.  It was originally played by Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jacquet which is where the melody originated from.  It adds a more smooth jazz feel to the playlist.  This song really builds up towards the end and has a great improvisation section in the middle featuring Doc Severinsen.  It helps lead into the busiest piece of the playlist.

928 Horn Jam by Trombone Shorty:

This song is only 55 seconds long but is a continuous loud, New Orleans style song that really gets you pumped up.  It’s very busy throughout the entire band and offers many different rhymic layers.  Its in the middle because it adds a spark in the middle due to its different style and organizational structure compared to the other tunes. 

Antropology by Dizzy Gillespe:

This song is a classic.  There have been big band versions of this made but it’s in my playlist as a combo.  It calms me down a little bit and is right before a really upbeat song.  It sounds a little different than the others because it is so much older than them. 

Rippin’ and Runnin’ by the Big Phat Band:

This is a great upbeat song.  What made me put this last is its solo section.  The sax that plays the solo goes kind of crazy in the middle of the solo section.  It’s a very difficult solo and is completely made up.  The song has a lot of syncopated rhythms which makes it fun to listen too.  It varies a lot and has interjections continuously from all of the different sections in the band.  It ends with a bang and gets me excited before the day even starts.