Playlist | The Record You Kept | Cozy Jazz for Coffee Shops & Reading

Original English vocal jazz with intimate piano, double bass, brushes and warm acoustic colors. The Record You Kept invites gentle listening for Coffee Shops & Reading. Original songs and newly painted vintage jazz illustrations; a measured base playlist plays twice in the same order. This collection brings together 14 original English-language recordings in a gentle, unhurried sequence. The music was composed with the help of AI, using original lyrics and individual arrangement ideas prepared for this playlist. Each song follows a small memory, an almost-spoken feeling, or a quiet moment shared on the way home. The order moves between different vocal and arrangement ideas while keeping a consistent, intimate mood. It is designed as a companion for reading, studying, a calm afternoon, or a little time to yourself. The complete sequence plays twice; entries marked (loop) identify the second pass. Arrangement palette: acoustic bass, brushes, acoustic bass and brushes, upright bass, restrained brushes. Tracklist 00:00 The Sleeve with Her Name 04:45 Two Handwritings 09:15 The Sign Comes Down at Six 14:34 A Letter with No News 19:13 The Lift Took a Holiday 23:26 The Bedtime Story Had No End 27:59 The Notebook Left on the Train 32:57 The Sleeve with Her Name 37:13 Two Handwritings 41:45 The Sign Comes Down at Six 47:12 A Letter with No News 51:48 The Lift Took a Holiday 56:40 The Bedtime Story Had No End 1:01:08 The Notebook Left on the Train 1:06:10 The Sleeve with Her Name(loop) 1:10:56 Two Handwritings(loop) 1:15:25 The Sign Comes Down at Six(loop) 1:20:45 A Letter with No News(loop) 1:25:24 The Lift Took a Holiday(loop) 1:29:37 The Bedtime Story Had No End(loop) 1:34:10 The Notebook Left on the Train(loop) 1:39:08 The Sleeve with Her Name(loop) 1:43:23 Two Handwritings(loop) 1:47:56 The Sign Comes Down at Six(loop) 1:53:22 A Letter with No News(loop) 1:57:59 The Lift Took a Holiday(loop) 2:02:51 The Bedtime Story Had No End(loop) 2:07:18 The Notebook Left on the Train(loop) Lyrics Highlights Selected excerpts — not the full lyrics. Song: The Sleeve with Her Name There is another side to hear, Another little story that I never brought too near. I don't have to win the argument tonight, Or put the old rooms back exactly right. Let a needle find a place, Let a little breathing room come back into the space. I can lay my clever reasons down right here, There is another side to hear. Song: Two Handwritings Let the list have two handwritings, Let the table have two plans. Let the work of our small evening Find a place in both our hands. We can learn the things we're missing, We can notice, we can choose. Let the list have two handwritings, There is room enough for two. Song: The Sign Comes Down at Six The keys are yours, the years are mine. I don't have to leave them all behind. I keep the days I spent inside; You get the door to open wide. The keys are yours, the years are mine. We needn't run the shop at the same time. Song: A Letter with No News Send me the days that do not make a story, The things you'd say while putting down your coat. I don't need a page of borrowed glory; I would like the words you almost never wrote. Let me have a little of the morning, The hour you found a quiet place to eat. Send me the days that do not make a story; There's a part of home in what you tell to me. Song: The Lift Took a Holiday We are going nowhere, might as well say hello. There's a little time before the doors will go. I can tell you who I am beyond a passing nod; You can tell me something if there's something to be told. We are going nowhere, though we meant to get along. We can speak of something other than what might be wrong. There's a little room for names we never thought to know. We are going nowhere, might as well say hello. Song: The Bedtime Story Had No End You can tell me how the story ought to end; I've forgotten where the silver key should go. There's a dragon and a king who need a friend, And a little bit of country left to know. You can tell me how the story ought to end; I can listen to the ending that you choose. You can put a different turn beside the bend; There's a little room for something made by you. Song: The Notebook Left on the Train I can keep the part I know and leave the rest unwritten, Keep a place for something I may hear again. There are bars I cannot find by turning harder; There are things the empty paper can't explain. I can keep the part I know and leave the rest unwritten, And be sorry for the pages on the train. I can put my hands upon a present phrase Without pretending that the losing was a gain.