End of the Year
Music Lists
I started getting records at age 13, 45’s 33 1/3’s, then cassette tapes, then cd’s and now streaming. I am a mad collector. Thousands of rcords, records and cd’s and lost count of albums, singles lists and Playlists I have. When I started cassette tape playlists, I was limited by the length of the cassette. On streaming there are limits of 5,000. So on Youtube and Spotify and others my playlists tend to be huge. I am not a fan of best lists, I like favorites as a descriptor. When I was first introduced to art, I quickly hated the descriptions that were next to the art pieces. Did not like them before or after experiencing the art. I liked to get my own feels for the art, on my own without direction. I am the same way about music, mostly because I am not a good writer. Since being on Substack and reading so many good music writers I can see their magical abilities in black and white. Still not what I like to do. I like to offer the music for your ears, heart, soul, feet, hips and mind to experience. So you get your own feels for the tunes, artists and lyrics. The shortest playlists are my daily posted playlists of 5 songs each. These end of year lists are larger, by far.
All play lists are Spotify. You can also find some of them on Youtube and Youtube music.
First up: 2025, a list made up of cuts from various artists that have lasted the whole year. 958 cuts/59 hours long
Next Album Keepers 2025 the albums that I will keep and continue to listen to.
2,572 cuts/163 hours.
Next Latin/World Music 2025, singles and albums.
638 cuts/42 hours.
Next Jazz singles list: New Cool Jazz 2025
403 cuts/31 hours.
Last Jazz Album Keepers 2025. My favorites for the year.
504 cuts/39 hours.
So here are my gifts to your ears, I hope the lists make them and you happy.
JP



Thank you for sharing your ear, Sensei.
My Spotify summary for 2025 is nothing less than heavily influenced by you.
So much so, that you would laugh to see it.
I guess I must truly like your playlists✌🏻
Fantastic Jon, thank you for sharing 🎼