Custom Jazz & Soul Song · Personalized Jazz Gift

The Jazz Song Written From
Their Life, Not Someone Else's

Warm. Sophisticated. Built around a real story — their name, their career, the specific things only the people who know them best would know. The gift for the person who has heard everything except a song about themselves.

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Press play before you order. This sample was written from a real brief — every detail in the story below came directly from the intake form.

“She Kept Every Name”
Jazz / Soul  ·  Eleanor Vasquez  ·  Retirement · Written from a real Storied Song brief

Written for Eleanor Vasquez — principal, East Los Angeles, 38 years. Full story below.

Eleanor Vasquez was a principal in East Los Angeles for thirty-eight years. When she retired, her staff commissioned a song.

They told us about the forty-seven yellow legal pads. Every year, at the start of the school year, Eleanor began a new one. In them she kept the names — every student she had ever worked with, the dates they arrived, notes about who they were, what they needed, what they were becoming. Forty-seven years of names in her handwriting. Nobody on the staff knew the legal pads existed until she mentioned them once, quietly, and the person she mentioned it to went home and cried.

They told us about Marcus. In 1997, a boy named Marcus transferred in mid-year. He was difficult, they said — not in a way that was about him, in a way that was about everything around him. Eleanor spent three months finding the frequency. Twenty years later a man walked into the school office. He introduced himself. He was a doctor now. He said he just wanted Eleanor to know. She remembered his name before he finished his sentence. She always did.

They told us she sang in the hallways. Not performatively — just to herself, quietly, on the way to somewhere. They told us she wore the same earrings on the first day of every school year, a pair her mother had given her, because she believed the year should start with something that had already lasted. They told us there was not a single person who had worked for her who did not feel, when they left, that she had seen them specifically.

“We saw you, Ellie. We always saw you. Forty-seven legal pads and every name still legible — you kept all of us.”
The closing line — written from the staff's brief

Your song will be written from your story — the specific details only the people who know them best would know.

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What It’s For

Every Occasion That Calls for Something Warm

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Retirement

The send-off that matches the weight of the career. A jazz song carries the dignity of what they built. The gift that says: we saw you.

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Anniversary

Warm, sophisticated, timeless — for the couple who has been together long enough that the love story deserves music with depth.

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Milestone Birthday

50th, 60th, 70th — for the person who has heard every song but not one written specifically about their life. Until now.

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Tribute & Memorial

Jazz holds grief and joy at the same time. The tradition was built for it. For celebrating a life while acknowledging what was lost.

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Career Tribute

Teacher, doctor, coach, mentor — for the professional whose impact outlasted the title. The song that names what they actually did.

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Just Because

The jazz lover in your life who deserves a song as specific and careful as their taste. No occasion required.

Choose Your Sound

Four Styles. One Order Form.

Name an artist you love in the brief — or tell us the mood — and we’ll match the sound to their world.

Soul / R&B Jazz
Donny Hathaway · Nina Simone · Marvin Gaye · Stevie Wonder
Warm, gospel-inflected, emotionally direct. For the song that needs to land in the chest, not just the ears.
Bossa Nova
João Gilberto · Stan Getz · Astrud Gilberto · Caetano Veloso
Intimate, gentle, impossibly warm. For the song that feels like late afternoon light — unhurried, specific, just right.
Contemporary Jazz
Norah Jones · Gregory Porter · Diana Krall · Kurt Elling
Modern production, jazz sensibility. Accessible and warm without sacrificing sophistication. The bridge between jazz and contemporary pop.

Pricing

Simple. No Hidden Fees.

Standard
$99
Delivered in 4 days
  • Original song written from your brief
  • Your choice of jazz style
  • Lyric review before recording
  • One free revision included
  • MP3 + WAV to your inbox
Order Standard — $99

Add-Ons

Lyric Sheet
Beautifully formatted PDF — print and frame
$19.00
Instrumental Version
Full arrangement without vocals
$28
Streaming Distribution
Live on Spotify + Apple Music permanently
$44

Questions

Frequently Asked

Classic jazz, soul, bossa nova, smooth jazz, jazz ballad, blues-influenced, and contemporary jazz. Tell us what the recipient listens to — or name an artist reference — and we match the sound to their world. See the four styles above for the most common choices.
It is one of the best retirement gifts available. Jazz carries weight, warmth, and a sense of a life fully lived — the genre has always been about honouring what people have built. A custom song written from their career, their legacy, the specific things only their colleagues know — it says what a card and a gift basket cannot. Listen to "She Kept Every Name" above for an example.
Their name. One specific memory or detail — the more concrete the better. What they mean to you or to the people giving the song. The occasion. A style or artist reference if you have one. The brief for "She Kept Every Name" had four specific details: the legal pads, the student Marcus, the hallway singing, the earrings. Four details built a song. You don't need more than that.
Standard delivery: 4 days from order to inbox. Rush delivery: next day, 7 days a week. For a retirement event or specific occasion date, order at least a week in advance so you have time to review the lyrics and request any changes before the event.
Yes. One free revision is included with every order. You also review the complete lyrics before recording begins — so the words are confirmed before they're set to music. If anything needs adjusting after you hear the finished song, describe specifically what to change and we refine it.

The Song That Says We Saw You

Every detail you give us — the names they kept, the thing they did quietly for years, the moment only you witnessed — goes into the song. That's how it becomes the gift that doesn't get put in a drawer.

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