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Songs like Manteca — but calmer

You love Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie but it hits hard. Here are 8 alternatives with similar feel but gentler on the nervous system.

The song you love

Manteca

Dizzy Gillespie

intense 160 BPM

Moods: cathartic · heavy

Try these instead

Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins

safe

You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Supremes

moderate

When Will the Blues Leave?

Ornette Coleman

moderate

Bemsha Swing

Thelonious Monk

safe

Off Minor

Thelonious Monk

moderate

Evidence

Thelonious Monk

moderate

Woman in Chains

Tears for Fears

moderate

Pieces of a Man

Gil Scott-Heron

moderate