After Midnight
Smoky jazz, piano, torch songs.
For the hours when the guests have gone and the conversation finally becomes interesting.
In the Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra · 1955
The first great album about being awake at three in the morning, and still the best.
Money Jungle
Duke Ellington · 1963
Three giants, one afternoon, and a certain amount of visible friction.
Felt
Nils Frahm · 2011
Nils Frahm’s 2011 meditation on the intimate spaces between silence and sound.
Here Be Dragons
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble · 2009
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble’s 2009 offering, ‘Here Be Dragons,’ delves into the somnolent depths of instrumental jazz, a soundtrack to nocturnal contemplation. Denovali Records presented this work, a testament to the ensemble’s evolving sound, which, while rooted in jazz, ventures into realms of ambient and drone.
Dummy
Portishead · 1994
The brooding, atmospheric debut that defined trip-hop and ushered in a new era of melancholic elegance.
Mezzanine
Massive Attack · 1998
The Bristol collective’s third outing, a meticulously crafted soundscape of shadowy introspection and brooding electronic rhythms that redefined the genre.
After Midnight
Nat King Cole · 1957
Nat 'King' Cole's 1957 Capitol Records classic, a collection of nocturnal standards with a surprising quartet and a relaxed, intimate tenor.
That's All
Bobby Darin · 1959
Bobby Darin, a chameleon of American popular music, delivered a sophisticated and understated masterpiece with his 1959 album, "That's All". Departing from the rock-and-roll vigour of his earlier work, Darin embraced a more mature, jazz-inflected sound, presenting a collection that is both intimate and urbane.