Reading Haruki Murakami’s books makes us all want to listen to jazz. It’s an exciting experience to digest a particular piece of literature while a separate artistic entity is in the background. It’s especially beneficial when the two pair well with one another. With this in mind, here is a collection of jazz from Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood.

PLAYLIST

00:00 Bill Evans Trio – Waltz For Debby (Take 1) (Live)

06:51 Bud Powell – I’ll Keep Loving You

09:34 Thelonious Monk – ‘Round Midnight

13:24 Antonio Carlos Jobim – Desafinado

16:09 Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Girl From Ipanema

18:50 Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart In San Francisco [vocal]

21:42 Thelonious Monk – Honeysuckle Rose

27:14 Ornette Coleman – Lonely Woman

32:15 Bud Powell – It Could Happen To You

35:30 Miles Davis – So What (from <Kind Of Blue>)

44:53 Sarah Vaughan – Misty [vocal]

47:56 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Part I – Acknowledgement

55:40 Henry Mancini – Dear Heart [vocal]