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Jazz Walk-Up Music

By Michael Ricci
November 8, 2022
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Congratulations to the Houston Astros who topped AAJ's Team, the Philadelphia Phillies, in this year's World Series. As a Fightins fan, it was a wild ride through the playoffs resulting in four weeks of nail-biting finishes.

In the spirit of the game, we thought it would be fun to create a jazz "walk-up" playlist. For those unfamiliar with the game of baseball, a walk-up song is what is played as a batter approaches home plate. So let's pretend you emerge from the dugout and saunter up to home plate with two outs in the bottom of ninth with the game on the line. You need a jazzy song to fire you up or calm you down. Here are some suggestions from your friends at All About Jazz...

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