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The Best Of Blue Note

Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone), Johnny Williams (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums), Teddy Bunn (guitar), Meade "Lux" Lewis (piano), Thelonious Monk (piano), George Taitt (trumpet), Art Blakey (drums), Robert Paige (upright bass), Edmund Gregory (alto saxophone), Bud Powell (piano), Max Roach (drums),...

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Contents

Gershwin: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Work length4:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone), Meade "Lux" Lewis (piano), Teddy Bunn (guitar), Sidney Catlett (drums), Johnny Williams (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1939
  • Recording Venue: New York City

Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams: 'Round Midnight

Work length3:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Thelonious Monk (piano), Edmund Gregory (alto saxophone), Robert Paige (upright bass), Art Blakey (drums), George Taitt (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1951

Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli: A Night In Tunisia

Work length4:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Bud Powell Trio, Bud Powell (piano), Curley Russell (bass (vocal)), Max Roach (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: WOR Studios, New York City, New York

Jones, Q: Brownie Eyes

Work length3:53
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Brown (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath (bass (vocal)), Art Blakey (drums)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: EMI Studios, Hollywood, California

Coltrane: Blue Train

Work length10:40
$1.10
$1.50
  • John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass (vocal)), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Kenny Drew (piano), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Lee Morgan (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1957-09-15
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ

Davis, M: Tune Up

Work length5:42
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Doug Watkins (bass (vocal)), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 2004
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey

Bobby Timmons: Moanin'

Work length9:30
$1.10
$1.50
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal)), Bobby Timmons (piano), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Sonny Clark: Cool Struttin'

Work length9:19
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1999
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk

Work length6:40
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 2002
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey

Davis, M: Somethin' Else

Work length8:12
$1.10
$1.50
  • Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), Miles Davis (trumpet), Sam Jones (double bass), Art Blakey (drums), Hank Jones (piano)
  • Recorded: 2008
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio Hackensack New Jersey

Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack

Work length8:00
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jimmy Smith (organ), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Donald Bailey (drums), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Joe Bailey (drums)
  • Recorded: 1963
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Kenny Burrell: Chitlins Con Carne

Work length5:26
$1.10
$1.50
  • Kenny Burrell (guitar), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Major Holley (bass (vocal)), Bill English (drums), Ray Barretto (conga)
  • Recorded: 2008
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios Englewood Cliffs New Jersey

Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder

Work length10:21
$1.10
$1.50
  • Lee Morgan (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Barry Harris (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass (vocal)), Billy Higgins (drums)
  • Recorded: 2008
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs New Jersey

Shorter: Speak No Evil

Work length8:21
$1.10
$1.50
  • Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass (vocal)), Elvin Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 2008
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios Englewood Cliffs New Jersey

Hancock, H: Maiden Voyage

Work length7:55
$1.10
$1.50
  • Herbie Hancock (piano), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1965-03-17
  • Recording Venue: The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Silver, H: Song for my Father

Work length7:15
$1.10
$1.50
  • Horace Silver (piano), Teddy Smith (bass (vocal)), Roger Humphries (drums), Carmell Jones (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone)
  • Recorded: 2008
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios Englewood Cliffs New Jersey

Laurence Mizell: Black Byrd

Work length7:22
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd, Chuck Rainey (upright bass), David T. Walker (guitar), Stephanie Spruill (percussion)
  • Recorded: 2013
  • Recording Venue: Sound Factory, Hollywood, California

Herbie Hancock, Mel Simpson, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Rahsaan Hakeem Kelly: Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

Work length4:37
$1.10
$1.50
  • Us3, Gerard Presencer, Rahsaan, Geoff Wilkinson (samples), Mel Simpson (keyboards)
  • Recorded: 1992
  • Recording Venue: Flame Studios, London

Johnson, R: Come On In My Kitchen

Work length4:53
$1.10
$1.50
  • Cassandra Wilson
  • Recorded: 1993
  • Recording Venue: Sear Sound

Williams, H: Cold, Cold Heart

Work length3:38
$1.10
$1.50
  • Norah Jones (piano), Arif Mardin (horn arranger), Lee Alexander (bass guitar), Adam Levy (electric guitar)
  • Recorded: 2001-12
  • Recording Venue: Sorcerer Sound, New York City, and Allaire Studios, Shokan, NY.

Mongo Santamaria: Afro Blue

Work length5:07
$1.10
$1.50
  • Robert Glasper Experiment, Erykah Badu (vocals), Chris Dave (drum), Derrick Hodge (bass (vocal)), Casey Benjamin (flute), Robert Glasper (keyboards), Robert Glasper (piano)
  • Recorded: 2012
  • Recording Venue: Threshold Sound, Los Angeles, CA & Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY

Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit

Work length3:35
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gregory Porter (interprète vocal), Yosuke Sato (alto saxophone), Tivon Pennicott (tenor saxophone), Emanuel Harrold (drums), Aaron James (bass guitar), Chip Crawford (piano), Kamau Kenyatta (horn arranger), Curtis Taylor (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 2013