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Jazz Music From Bebop to Cocktail Lounge
Audiosocket's jazz collection is a royalty-free jazz music library, mostly instrumental, spanning cocktail lounge, bebop, fusion, progressive and free jazz for podcasts, restaurants, films and lifestyle video. Keyboards lead most tracks, backed by acoustic instruments, electric guitar, winds and brass, in the lineage of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington. Most tracks run just over four minutes, long enough to score a dinner-service scene or podcast segment without looping.
18 tracks1 hr 18 minUpdated Oct 8, 2026
About this Playlist
Free jazz does not mean these tracks are free to use; free jazz is a jazz subgenre, not a price. It refers to loosely structured, improvisation-forward playing, and a handful of tracks in this collection carry that tag alongside cocktail lounge, bebop, fusion and progressive jazz. Every track is royalty-free in the licensing sense, meaning it is licensed through a paid subscription rather than given away, and the license covers commercial use of the finished work.
Almost entirely. Roughly 85 percent of the tracks are instrumental, which is why it works as jazz background music for podcasts and voiceover. The exceptions are a couple of vocal numbers, including "I Got That Feeling" by The Lowdown Brass Band and "Just Like A Dream" by Morrie Morrison Orchestra, which suit a scene where the song itself is the point. Instrumental picks range from "Broad Street Bebop (edit)" by Steve Rice to "Marianas Trench" by Collective Acoustics.
A restaurant using this jazz music in promo videos, social clips, menu videos or on its website would license under the Small Business or Large Business commercial tier, depending on company size. A subscription, billed monthly or annually, allows unlimited licensing during the term, and every license issued stays perpetual for that specific finished piece, so a promo you cut this year remains cleared after the subscription ends.
Keyboards lead the majority of tracks, with percussion close behind, followed by acoustic instruments, electric guitar, winds and brass. The reference artists tagged across the collection, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour, span piano trio, big band and guitar fusion, which matches that instrument spread. If you need a specific texture, filter by sub-genre first, then by lead instrument.
Most of it will, because the collection is largely instrumental and the dominant moods are happy and chill. For talk-heavy segments, pull from the cocktail lounge and smooth jazz side, which stays out of the way of speech. Bebop, free jazz and the more exciting fusion cuts are busier and better for intros, transitions or lifestyle b-roll where the music can lead. Tracks average just over four minutes, so one cue usually covers a segment without editing.