STYLEGUIDES » miles davis

Love From The Sun

styleguides — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:45:22 +0000

here is the soundtrack for your summer!

essential love songs towards the sun from the late 50s to now, starting off with nina simone’s beautiful version of ’summertime’ and closing with a hawaiian soul classic. a styleguides compilation not be missed!

this time’s bonus track is norman connor’s nearly astral jazz ode to the sun from 1974, not available on amazon and definitely in need of a proper reissue:

Blue Trane ‘26-’67

styleguides — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:00:50 +0000

styleguides’ first jazz feature had to be about the timeless beauty and spirituality behind john coltrane’s inspiring compositions, masterful improvisations and supreme musicianship. the world would probably be a better place if everybody had some coltrane records at home.

bonus music video shows the virtousity and mathematics behind coltrane’s landmark tune ‘giant steps’:

Cinematic 60s

styleguides — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:50:43 +0000

welcome to styleguides’ third cinema excursion focussing on the timeless 60s soundtracks of jerry goldsmith, john barry, nino rota, ennio morricone, lalo schifrin etc.

bonus video is the famous chess scene scored by michel legrand for ‘thomas crown affair’ 1968:

Cinematic 70s

styleguides — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:11:14 +0000

styleguides goes cinematics again, this time with some great scores of 70s cinema worth remembering:

unfortunately, many of my favourite 70s scores aren’t available at amazon- even my perhaps favourite one is missing, jerry goldsmith’s masterpiece soundtrack for roman polanski’s neo-noir classic ‘chinatown’ with jack nickolson (1974):

Swing Allstars

styleguides — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:36:29 +0000

of course a compilation series called styleguides has to start with classic swing gems – it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!
this first excursion mostly features american swing kings from late 50s to early 70s, with recordings ranging from intimate sessions to large big band recordings. as special bonus even elvis’ famous ‘laughing concert’ has been hidden inbetween the playlist. enjoy!

this time’s first bonus track unavailable on amazon is one of brigitte bardot’s ballerina swings:

second up is doris day’s simple but sweet ‘keep smilin’, keep laughing, be happy’: