‘Mr. Potato’ opens ‘Everyday Jazzne: Jazzy Morning’, a six-track set released through Underlying. The title states the brief plainly enough: this is jazz written for a particular hour of the day rather than for a room where people have come to listen closely.

The running order holds that idea across the record. ‘Waiting For Christmas’, ‘Blossoms Street’, ‘Light Steps’, ‘A Little Bit’ and ‘Blueberry Yogurt’ follow, and the titles tell you what kind of jazz this is before a note plays. Nothing here reaches for difficulty. The lead track runs a little under four minutes and keeps its shape throughout.

Jazz written for the hour rather than the concert hall, and confident enough to stay there.

Jazzne works at volume. Thirteen releases sit on the artist page, arranged as series rather than one-offs: five numbered volumes tracking the seasons, then ‘Ghibli in Jazz’, ‘Pop In Jazz’ and ‘Pixar in Jazz’ taking familiar melodies through the same treatment. ‘Everyday Jazzne’ is the newest strand, and ‘Cozy Living’ followed this one three weeks later.

Music built for daily use gets judged on whether it survives repetition, not on whether it surprises. This set is made to be left running while something else happens, and it holds up to that. Put it on in the morning it was named for.

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