Music in this episode:
The Beatles - “Yesterday” (1965)
James Brown - “The Payback” (1973)
Parliament - “Flashlight” (1978)
Michael Jackson - “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979)
Dizzy Gillespie - “Manteca” (1957)
Small correction: I describe this as a one-chord groove. It mostly is, but it has a B section with a complex jazz chord progression.
Underworld - “Rez” (1993)
The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1991)
Run-DMC - “Sucker MCs” (1983)
Ella Fitzgerald - “Wait Til You See Him” (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald - “Wait Til You See Him (De-Phazz Remix)” (2002)
Simon and Garfunkel - “Sound of Silence (The Golden Pony Remix)” (2014)
James Brown - “Get Up (I Feel Like Bein’ A) Sex Machine Parts 1 & 2” (1970)
James Brown - “The Funky Drummer Parts 1 & 2” (1970)
James Brown - “Give It Up Or Turnit a-Loose” (1970)
Grateful Dead - “Dark Star” (1969)
Grateful Dead - “Beautiful Jam” (1971)
The Beatles - “Hey Jude” (1968)
Stevie Wonder - “Living for the City” (1973)
Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso” (2024)
The Temptations - “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” (1966)
Herbie Hancock - “Chameleon” (1973)
Count Basie - “One O’Clock Jump” (1937)
Eddie Harris - “Freedom Jazz Dance” (1961)
Miles Davis - “It’s About That Time” (1969)
Steve Reich - “Music For Pieces of Wood” (1973)
Philip Glass - Music in Contrary Motion (1969) performed by James McVinnie
Steve Reich - “Electric Counterpoint” (1989) performed by Pat Metheny
Alessandro Piccinini - “Passacaglia” (1639) performed by Ronn McFarlane
Frédéric Chopin - “Nocturnes, Op. 9, No. 1 in B-Flat Minor” (1832) performed by Arthur Rubinstein
The Incredible Bongo Band - “Apache” (1973)
Ethan Hein - “Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 - Apache Mix” (2021)
Ethan Hein - “JS Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor - Chaconne - Afro Rock Mix” (2026)
John Cage - “The Perilous Night” (1944) performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik
References:
Anne Danielsen - Presence and Pleasure: The Funk Grooves of James Brown and Parliament
Richard Ripani - The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999
