The Playlist Project

What is the “Playlist” project?

The “Playlist” project is a project within my blog. It consists of 3 Spotify playlists with 50 songs in each. The playlists are organised by genre and consist of the three main genres that I listen to – classical, jazz and hip-hop. The subgenres are romantic classical (piano) music, post-60 piano jazz and western underground hip-hop.

This is the place where you can expand your Classical / Jazz / Hip-Hop encyclopedia. With jazz I will focus mainly on the jazz piano side of jazz since that is my main instrument. I try to add some “less known” artists to the list as well.  Under each genre I have selected a number of 50 artists and composers with their respective lists. The artists are numbered both on the list and in the playlist for easy reference.

I managed to finish the project in the end of 2018. 

Click on the links below to go straight to the genre you want.

CLASSICAL

JAZZ

HIP-HOP

Classical

Full classical playlist (50 composers)

• 1. Frederic Chopin
  2. Franz Liszt
  3. Karol Szymanowsky
  4. Anton Rubinstein
  5. Fanny Medelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn’s sister)
  6. Charles-Valentin Alkan
  7. Sigismond Thalberg
  8. Johan Sebastian Bach
  9. Francois Couperin
  10. Muzio Clementi
  11. John Field
  12. Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  13. Michael Haydn
  14. Antonio Salieri
  15. Domenico Scarlatti
  16. Nikolai Medtner
  17. Franz Joseph Haydn
  18. Ludvig van Beethoven
  19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  20. Franz Schubert
  21. Johannes Brahms
  22. Felix Mendelssohn
  23. Gabriel Faure
  24. Samuel Barber
  25. Maurice Ravel
  26. Edvard Grieg
  27. Christian Sindling
  28. Pablo de Saraste
  29. Niccolo Paganini
  30. Max Burch
  31. Henryk Wienawski
  32. Henri Vieuxtemps
  33. Mily Balakiev
  34. Antonin Dvorak
  35. Robert Schumann
  36. Claude Debussy
  37. Darius Mihaud
  38. Fransis Poulenc
  39. Igor Stravinsky
  40. Dmitri Shostakovitch
  41. Sergei Prokofiev
  42. Camille Saint-Seans
  43. Gustav Holst
  44. Jean Sibelius
  45. Einojuhani Rautavaara
  46. Robert Miller
  47. Bedrich Smetana
  48. Hector Belioz
  49. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  50. Sergei Rachmaninov

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CLASSICAL

JAZZ

HIP-HOP

Jazz (piano)

Full jazz (piano) playlist (50 artists)

• 1. Michael Petrucciani
  2. Kenny Barron
  3. Joey Alexander
  4. Monty Alexander
  5. Shelly Berg
  6. Bill Charlap
  7. Cyrus Chestnut
  8. Billy Childs
  9. Chick Corea
  10. Kenny Drew
  11. Kenny Drew Jr.
  12. George Duke
  13. Taylor Eigsti
  14. Elaine Elias
  15. Bill Evans
  16. Tommy Flanagan
  17. Red Garland
  18. Erroll Garner
  19. Robert Glasper
  20. Dave Grusin
  21. Barry Harris
  22. Hampton Hawes
  23. Keith Jarret
  24. Hank Jones
  25. Oliver Jones
  26. Duke Jordan
  27. Jan Lundgren
  28. Dave McKenna
  29. Brad Mehldau
  30. Mulgrew Miller
  31. Thelonious Monk
  32. Oscar Peterson
  33. Beegie Adair
  34. Bud Powell
  35. Andre Previn
  36. Iiro Rantala
  37. Joe Sample
  38. Horace Silver
  39. Philippe Saisse
  40. Esbjörn Svensson
  41. Art Tatum
  42. Jakie Terrason
  43. Billy Taylor
  44. Lennie Tristano
  45. McCoy Tyner
  46. Hiromi Uehara
  47. Christian Alexander
  48. Geri Allen
  49. Marian McPartland
  50. Stephen Scott

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CLASSICAL

JAZZ

HIP-HOP

(Underground) Hip-Hop

Full (underground) hip-hop playlist (50 artists):

• 1. Blackalicious
  2. MF DOOM
  3. 7L & Esoteric
  4. Aceyalone
  5. Aesop Rock
  6. Big L
  7. Blueprint
  8. Canibus
  9. Charlie 2na
  10. Chino XL
  11. Company Flow
  12. Cunninlynguists
  13. Dead Prez
  14. Del The Funky Homosapiens
  15. Deltron 3030
  16. Dilated Peoples
  17. Dynametrix
  18. Eyedea
  19. Illogic
  20. Immortal Technique
  21. J-Live
  22. Jedi Mind Tricks
  23. Jeru the Damaja
  24. Jigmastas
  25. Soul Khan
  26. Louis Logic
  27. Masta Ace
  28. Murs
  29. Outerspace
  30. Vinnie Paz
  31. People Under the Stairs
  32. Pete Rock
  33. RZA
  34. Celph Titled
  35. Gang Starr
  36. Jurassic 5
  37. Brother Ali
  38. Mos Def
  39. Mobb Deep
  40. Living Legends
  41. Talib Kweli
  42. Hieroglyphics
  43. A Tribe Called Quest
  44. Non Phixion
  45. Athmosphere
  46. King Geedorah
  47. KRS-One
  48. The Dynospectum
  49. Zion I
  50. Ugly Duckling

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CLASSICAL

JAZZ

HIP-HOP

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