Me and my buddy are trying to put a set-list together with the theme mentioned in the title.

“Unassuming places” is intentionally a little vague, but the idea is that feeling of “damn, I did not expect a song from this [insert piece of media] to be that good,” or when you sit down and really listen to something you are surprised at well-composed it is, or songs that sound simple and reach a wide audience, but are actually a lot more complicated under the hood.

Some examples of the sounds we’re going for are:

You might also be able to call this list “songs geared towards children but are actually good” but I feel like that has more of a nursery rhyme-ish connotation and I’m hoping to branch out of that.

We’re a guitar duo with a jazz background, so songs that could potentially fit that mold are preferred, but I don’t want that to hinder anyone from giving suggestions! I’d love to see what anyone can come up with.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, video game music is a great fit for jazz. Mario 2 overworld is already jazz. Mii Channel is another one (e.g., insaneintherain arrangement). Check out vgleadsheets website, tons of lead sheets from videogames.

    Monter’s Inc theme is great too.

    Btw, definitely share your guitar duo socials here if you ever put something out! Jazz guitar duo is such a fun ensemble.