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"Otherwise, everything else is classical."

Well, to a point for me. I'm currently listening to Robert Palmer, but that's OK...'cuz he's passed on, and that man had A LOT of excellent music left in him, that's for sure. Earlier in the evening I was listening to "The Hollies" but they're probably all dead of old age by now, LOL! (I just realized I was also listening to Eva Cassidy, who has ALSO passed away. I'm not trying to be morbid on purpose, LOL!)

Do you have Claude Bolling's "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano" in you collection? I actually discovered that music while reading a "Travis McGee" novel by John D. MacDonald.

And if you're of the same mindset as me, you only need to start at "The Deep Blue Good-by" and you'll be hooked. I mean Mr. MacDonald also wrote all sorts of TV cr@p in his later years, but his Travis McGee novels will stand the test of time. And Travis is a total conservative and quite Libertarian for the times. I'm half in love with him. There! I finally said it out loud, LOL!

There's something about old/classical music and Noir/PI Fiction that just fit, you know? :)

* The Deep Blue Good-by (1964)
* Nightmare in Pink (1964)
* A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
* Quick Red Fox (1964)
* A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
* Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
* Darker than Amber (1966)
* One Fearful Yellow Eye (1967)
* Pale Gray for Guilt (1968)
* The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1969)
* Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
* The Long Lavender Look (1970)
* A Tan and Sandy Silence (1972)
* The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
* The Turquoise Lament (1974)
* The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
* The Empty Copper Sea
* The Green Ripper (1980)
* Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
* Cinnamon Skin (1982)
* The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)

Enjoy! :)