Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

Amazing, interesting, and relaxing jazz. You can thank me later.

Something like Hank Mobley’s Soul Station would work, I think

I tend to like jazz that leans more latin, like Chuck Mangione or Arturo Sandoval. They’re both typically a little more upbeat than the example you gave, but of the two Mangione is definitely chiller than Sandoval, some of Sandoval’s stuff gets pretty frenetic.

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane

Its not your traditional jazz, but there is a creator called “take your time” that has been making some great stuff. Here is my favorite, “Jazzy but not too jazzy” Perfect to have on in the background.

• Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
• Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
• Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View

I’m particularly partial to the band Bohren & der Club of Gore, who play “dark jazz”. Imagine the kind of jazz you’d expect to be playing at 3am in a smokey, forgotten jazz club where cynical private detectives go to drink away the memories of the one woman who got away.

• Kazumi Watanabe ‎– To Chi Ka
• Sahib Shihab ‎– Sentiments
• Dr. Lonnie Smith - Boogaloo to Beck: A Tribute
• Takeo Moriyama - Smile
• Sevil - Sevil
• Collage - Kadriko

stuff that is basically jazz, even though it isn’t actually:

• Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Ikengas in London