How about some happy Monday music? I don’t know much about klezmer, except that it’s mostly celebratory music, with both jazz and pre-jazz strains. In any event, it’s easy to enjoy.

Monday’s song is Paradise Circus from Massive Attack, and you may recognize it also as the theme for the British television series, Luther.

For those who wrote about enjoying Aimée Allen’s video from last week, here’s another song I think you’ll enjoy:

NYorkers // Aimée Allen from NYorkers on Vimeo. Aimée’s music can be found on iTunes and at: cdbaby.com/aimeeallen2 cdbaby.com/aimeeallen3

From a February 2012 White House performance —

Not long ago, someone preposterously complained that my iPhone’s playlist only had old jazz songs. The observation was surprising because a discerning person should know that a playlist of old jazz songs is, truly, a playlist of good music. Worse, imagine hearing that one can’t dance to swing. One might as well be told that…

Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers had their doubts about the W.P.A.’s make-work jobs. Recorded in 1940 – hat tip to David Bernstein of the Volokh Conspiracy for the link.

Something subtle for a new week’s beginning. Enjoy. Joe Pass & Django Reinhardt – Insensiblement from Puerto Libre on Vimeo.