Freestyle Jazz Masters

A loose-limbed 80bpm swing in F minor where piano, guitar and saxophone trade lines over drums with bongos and hand percussion adding a subtle Latin lilt. The mood is prowling and slightly offbeat rather than romantic — cool but with a shadow on it, matching the title's slinking cat.

The album's most stripped-back cue: a 60bpm piano trio with upright bass and brushed-feel drums, sitting in D minor and moving at a near-conversational crawl. Introspective and somber, with plenty of air between the instruments for narration.

A flat-out bebop burner — the fastest thing here at a double-time 250bpm in D minor, with trumpet and piano over walking upright bass, vibraphone colour and busy percussion. Fun, quirky and relentless, built for comic urgency rather than atmosphere.

A brisk 165bpm swinger in F minor with saxophone lead, guitar comping, piano and upright bass, leaning playful and faintly romantic despite the minor key. Elegant supper-club energy that keeps moving without turning frantic.

A slow 85bpm ballad in C minor for piano, upright bass, drums and a lead saxophone, with a closing, valedictory feel matching the title. Somber and reflective, resolving rather than hanging.

A mid-tempo 120bpm shuffle in the major key of E, with trumpet out front over piano, guitar, upright bass and light percussion. The brightest and most good-humoured cue on the record — blues language played for wit rather than gloom.

A fast 220bpm Latin-jazz romp in B flat where bongos, timbale and steel drums push the piano, guitar, sax and upright bass along. Playful and tropical, the album's most overtly celebratory and rhythm-driven track.

A moody mid-tempo swing at 124bpm in G minor, with saxophone and vibraphone shading the piano, guitar, upright bass and percussion. The title's restless craving reads in the somber-but-cool tone — smoky and slightly unresolved in feel while still landing.

At 66bpm in E flat minor and over four minutes, this is the longest and most languid cue here: piano, bass, unhurried drums and a solitary saxophone. Wistful, boozy and introspective, ideal for solitary window-seat imagery and long narration runs.

A driving 165bpm swing in B flat, brighter than its F minor counterpart, with trumpet and saxophone over piano, guitar, bass and percussion. Energised and scattering, the celebratory-motion feel the title suggests.

A 140bpm F minor swing with saxophone and vibraphone over piano, guitar, upright bass, drums and percussion — tighter and more insistent than the album's slower minor-key cues without becoming bebop-fast. Sophisticated and a little wry, good for urban movement.

A slow 66bpm F minor cue with saxophone and vibraphone drifting over piano, guitar, bass and drums, its fuller palette setting it apart from the other ballads. The title's comic exasperation reads as mild, hazy frustration rather than drama.