Soft Jazz Musicby Purrple Cat

Turn the dialmp · p · pp · ppp

Hush mode

Free to useCC BY 4.0 · all 32 songs

soft jazz music

piano, Italian for soft. How soft would you like it?

pppianissimo · very soft

Mellow Rhodes and slow, round bass lines. Soft jazz for reading, late dinners and rain on the window.

Ball of Yarn (Cat Nap, 2019)

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What is soft jazz music?

Soft jazz is jazz played quietly: brushes instead of sticks, a felt-soft Rhodes or piano, round upright-style bass and extended chords (sevenths, ninths) that sound warm rather than tense. It sits close to smooth jazz and cool jazz, but it never pushes. The point is a room that stays calm.

This page collects 32 jazz-leaning songs by Purrple Cat, the solo lofi project behind 500+ songs, 500M+ streams and 425K followers. It is honest lofi with a jazz heart, not a live combo: every song here was picked from the catalogue for rich chords and soft attacks, then ranked by how calm it measures. The dial borrows the way sheet music marks volume, from mp (moderately soft) down to ppp (as soft as it gets).

Four soft jazz playlists

Every song, in plain text. Press a title to play it.

mp

mezzo piano · moderately soft

Afternoon, unhurried

8 songs · 21 min

Just Relax, official Purrple Cat cover

A little more lift: warm, jazzy lofi with an easy bounce, still never loud.

p

piano · soft

Brushes on the snare

8 songs · 22 min

Mellow Skies, official Purrple Cat cover

Gentle swing with soft drums and extended chords. The classic soft jazz music sound for working or winding down.

pp

pianissimo · very soft

Lamps turned low

8 songs · 21 min

Cat Nap, official Purrple Cat cover

Mellow Rhodes and slow, round bass lines. Soft jazz for reading, late dinners and rain on the window.

ppp

pianississimo · as soft as it gets

Almost a whisper

8 songs · 22 min

Bloom, official Purrple Cat cover

Hushed keys, barely-there brushes and long, warm chords for the very end of the night.

Questions

What is soft jazz music?

Soft jazz is jazz played quietly and warmly: brushed drums, soft piano or Rhodes, a round bass line and extended chords. It is close to smooth jazz and cool jazz, but calmer. The songs here are jazz-leaning lofi by Purrple Cat.

Is this soft jazz music free?

Yes. All four playlists are free to play here with no account and no ads. Every song is a Purrple Cat Self Release licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What do mp, p, pp and ppp mean?

They are dynamics markings from sheet music. Piano is Italian for soft: mp is mezzo piano (moderately soft), p is piano (soft), pp is pianissimo (very soft) and ppp is pianississimo (as soft as it gets). Turn the dial to pick one.

Can I use this soft jazz in a café, video or stream?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows use in videos, streams, podcasts, games, restaurants and cafés, including commercially, as long as you credit: Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Who is Purrple Cat?

Purrple Cat is a solo lofi project making music since December 2018, with 500+ songs, 500M+ streams and 425K followers. More music is at purrplecat.com.

Free to use, with credit.

All 32 songs are Purrple Cat Self Releases under CC BY 4.0. Use them for a café, a dinner, a study stream, a video or a podcast, and give credit.

Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0.