Break Music
Music you hear during our on-air breaks
We get a lot of requests from listeners wondering where they can find the music we use during our breaks. So, we've compiled a list of the artists and tracks you hear on our air.
We've also linked the album information to Amazon.com. Each purchase you make using the album links on this page helps support WAMU 88.5. (Learn more.)
| Artist | Track | Album |
|---|---|---|
| African Jazz Pioneers | Sip n' Fly | Mandela: Son Of Africa, Father Of A Nation - Original Soundtrack |
| Alan Pasqua | The Antisocial Club | The Antisocial Club |
| Al Di Meola | Hypnose | Consequence of Chaos |
| Al Di Meola | Turquoise | Consequence of Chaos |
| Allman Brothers Band | Little Martha | Eat a Peach |
| Astor Piazzolla | Tango Apasionado | Blue in the Face |
| Avishai Cohen | Structure in Emotion | Lyla |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Reprise) | Flight of the Cosmic Hippo |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | Flipper | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | Half Moon Bay | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | Michelle | Flight of the Cosmic Hippo |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | Sea Brazil | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones |
| Bela Fleck & the Flecktones | The Sinister Minister | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones |
| Ben Allison | Roll Credits | Little Things Run the World |
| Berline Crary Hickman | Night Run | Chambergrass: Decade of Tunes From Edges Bluegrass |
| Bill Frisell | What Do We Do | Blues Dream |
| Bill Frisell | Like Dreamers Do pt. 2 | Blues Dream |
| Bill Frisell | Coffaro's Theme | Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones |
| Bill Frisell | Moon River | Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones |
| Bio Ritmo | Atrevete | Bio Ritmo |
| Blues Image | Clean Love | Open |
| Blues Image | Consuelate | Open |
| Brian Eno & David Byrne | The Jezebel Spirit | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts |
| Cerrone | Music of Life | Paris City Coffee: Sunnyside Cafe Series |
| Claude Chalhoub | Don't Wake Me Up | Global Rhythm Presents: Planet Buzz |
| Cyrus Chestnut | Baby Girl's Strut | Genuine Chestnut |
| Cyrus Chestnut | The Brown Soldier | Genuine Chestnut |
| Dama D'Gary | I Alamino | Malagasy Guitar - Music from Madagascar |
| Dama D'Gary | Manake | Malagasy Guitar - Music from Madagascar |
| Darek Oleszkiewicz | Before the Journey | Like a Dream |
| David Byrne | Ava (Nu Wage Remix) | Forestry |
| David Byrne | City of Steel | Sounds from True Stories |
| David Byrne | Dance on Vaseline (Thievery Corp. Remix) | The Visible Man |
| David Byrne | Love Theme from True Stories | Sounds from True Stories |
| David Byrne | Machu Picchu | Forestry |
| David Byrne | Samara | Forestry |
| David Byrne | Tula | Forestry |
| David Byrne (Cecco Music Remix) | Miss America | The Visible Man |
| David Byrne (Mark Saunders & DB Remix) | Miss America | The Visible Man |
| Dexy's Midnight Runners | Dubious | Come On Eileen |
| D'Gary | Kabary Boketra | Malagasy Guitar - Music from Madagascar |
| D'Gary | Sahira | Malagasy Guitar - Music from Madagascar |
| D'Gary | Tiambaly | Malagasy Guitar - Music from Madagascar |
| Dick Hyman | I'll See You In My Dreams | Sweet & Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture |
| Dick Hyman | There'll Be Some Changes Made | Sweet & Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture |
| Dick Hyman | Unfaithful Woman | Sweet & Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture |
| DJ Profile | No Money | Paris City Coffee: Sunnyside Cafe Series |
| Dr. John | Dear Old Southland | N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda |
| Dr. John | Eh Las Bas | N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda |
| Dr. John | Shango Tango | N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda |
| Elvis Costello | Idiophone | Sulky Girl (Single Edit) [1-Track CD Single] |
| Elvis Costello & Richard Harvey | Monica's Fortune Telling | Jake's Progress (1995 Television Mini-Series) |
| European Groove Orchestra | 5am | Ego |
| Esbjorn Svensson Trio | Seven Days of Falling | Seven Days of Falling |
| Gato Barbieri | El Arriero | Fenix |
| Gato Barbieri | Falsa Bahiana | Fenix |
| Gipsy Kings | Duende | Gipsy Kings |
| Gipsy Kings | Faena | Gipsy Kings |
| Gipsy Kings | Inspiration | Gipsy Kings |
| Gipsy Kings | Liberte | Mosaique |
| Gipsy Kings | Moorea | Gipsy Kings |
| Hugh Masekela | Caution! | Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa |
| Hugh Masekela | Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive | Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa |
| Hugh Masekela | Shebeen | Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa |
| James Brown | Just Do It (Club Instrumental) | Just Do It CD Single |
| Jazz Dazzlers | De Makeba | Mandela: Son Of Africa, Father Of A Nation - Original Soundtrack |
| Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Arabia | Grisman & Garcia |
| Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Dawg's Waltz | Grisman & Garcia |
| Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Grateful Dawg | Grisman & Garcia |
| Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive | Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby | Jumpin' Jive |
| Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive | Jumpin' With Symphony Sid | Jumpin' Jive |
| John Beltram | Heaven and Earth (REMIX) | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| John Lurie National Orchestra | Let's Get Ready to Rhumba | Blue in the Face |
| Johnny A. | Yes It Is | Sometime Tuesday Morning |
| Johnny A. | Sometime Tuesday Morning | Sometime Tuesday Morning |
| Johnny A. | Wichita Lineman | Sometime Tuesday Morning |
| Jon Cleary | Aint Nuttin Nice | Pin Your Spin |
| Jon Cleary | Zulu Strut | Pin Your Spin |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | Doxology | Roll Away the Stone |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | I've Been Converted | Lead Me On |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | Motherless Children | Lead Me On |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | Mr. My Go | Sky Like a Broken Clock |
| Klement Julienne | Mannix | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| Mario Laginha Trio | Paredes Que Nos Rodeiam | Espaco |
| Merl Saunders & Friends | Expressway (To Your Heart) | Fire Up Plus |
| Merl Saunders & Friends | Soul Roach | Fire Up Plus |
| Merl Saunders & Friends | Welcome to the Basement | Fire Up Plus |
| Metropolitan Jazz Affair | Navaronne | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| Miles Davis | Lament | Miles Ahead |
| Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | Miles Ahead |
| Miles Davis | Springsville | Miles Ahead |
| Mohamed Rouane | Hamane | Reve |
| Moondog | Lament 1, Bird's Lament | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| Nu Tropic | Pascalito's Theme | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| On Fire | New Jersey is for Lovers | Forever's a Long Long Time |
| Orquestra Was | Excuse Me Colonel, Could I Borrow Your Newspaper? | This Time it is Forever |
| Oscar Peterson | Backyard Blues | A Summer Night in Munich |
| Oscar Peterson | Evening Song | A Summer Night in Munich |
| Oscar Peterson | When Summer Comes | A Summer Night in Munich |
| Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet | Flamingo | Jazz in Paris |
| Page McConnell | Back in the Basement | Page McConnell |
| Paul Simon | Another Galaxy | Surprise |
| Povo | Shihab's Habit | Lounge Story, Vol. 2 |
| Professor Oz | Waves & Sun | Paris City Coffee: Sunnyside Cafe Series |
| Questions in Dialect | They Rose Up | As You May Know |
| Ray Charles | Blues Waltz | Ray Charles Live |
| Robert Glasper Trio | In Passing | Mood |
| Rob Van Kreeveld | @ My Age | Rob Van Kreeveld |
| Rob Van Kreeveld | Easy Living | Rob Van Kreeveld |
| Rob Van Kreeveld | Little Susan | Rob Van Kreeveld |
| Rob Wasserman | Country (Bass Trilogy Part 1) | Trios |
| Sanshin Cafe Orchestra | Cradle Song | Dreamland: World Lullabies and Soothing Songs |
| Sim Redmond Band | E Fumo | Each New Day |
| Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Desafinado | Jazz Samba |
| Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | O Pato | Jazz Samba |
| Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Samba Dees Days | Jazz Samba |
| Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Samba Triste | Jazz Samba |
| Stanley Turrentine | A Little Sweetness | T Time |
| Stanton Moore | Smell My Special Ingredients | Emphasis! |
| The Basics | 10 2/Night | Private Drive |
| The Cinematic Orchestra | The Awakening of a Woman (Burnout) | Man with a Movie Camera |
| The Klezmer Conservatory Band | Sabbath Prayer | Taste of Paradise |
| Tom Stewart | First Time Over | First Time Over |
| Tom Stewart | Maybe Next Time | First Time Over |
| Tom Stewart | Sneaky Pete | First Time Over |
| Tom Stewart | Wintergreen | First Time Over |
| Wes Montgomery | Something Like Bags | So Much Guitar |
| Widespread Panic | The Take Out | Space Wrangler |
| Willie Nelson | Annie | Teatro |
| Willie Nelson | Ou Est Tu Mon Amour | Teatro |
| Woodwork | My Entourage | Some Conversation |
