Recent Releases For Running

Chris Lawhorn

Columnist since 2010

As the Resident DJ for Marie Claire and Real Age, Chris maintains a workout music database at Run Hundred.

Recent articles (3 total)

Published: October 3, 2010

[Editor's Note: Working Out to Jazz is a new All About Jazz column, devoted to providing jazz playlists for the purpose of working out. For his second installment, Chris Lawhorn's emphasis is on largely up-tempo tracks from a handful of recent releases. Check in with Working Out to Jazz regularly, for new workout music suggestions, as Chris breaks it out for you by Beats Per Minute (BPM).]

For this month's playlist, I've tried to highlight a few recent releases. With the exception of the opener, the rest of the list should have you truckin' along at a run.

On that note, Pinetop Perkins Pinetop Perkins
1913 - 2011
piano and Willie Smith Willie Smith
b.1910 will get you started with a caveat to prospective suitors; Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis
b.1961
trumpet and company expand upon his ever-increasing repertoire—this time with the aid of Richard Galliano Richard Galliano
b.1950
accordion ; Denny Zeitlin Denny Zeitlin
b.1938
piano checks in with a fluid, solo piece; Myron Walden Myron Walden
b.1972
saxophone continues his exploration of the tenor sax, following a conversion from alto; and Chie Imaizumi Chie Imaizumi

composer/conductor takes her 12-piece on a sultry, aptly-named jaunt: