Blue Notes (album)

This album 'Blue Notes' celebrates the pioneering Jazz record label, Blue Note Records. Not all the tracks made it onto the Blue Note catalogue yet none would exist without the space Blue Note created for Jazz to evolve. Even if the track was on another album the original artists depped for Blue Note sessions at one time or another. Such was its influence in the jazz sphere. I have tried to respect the originals but update them to be relevant 50 years after first release. Jazz must move on or die so I have done some crazy things like adding modern hip hop beats, jumping genres across blues, rock, funk and acid jazz. I've used electric instruments and effects not available to the original artists. Some purists might call it sacrilege but to them I say the phrase Miles coined - So What!

1.     Mo Better Blues by Branford Marsalis
2.     Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard
3.     This Masquerade by Leon Russell
4.     Take Five by Paul Desmond
5.     EG blues by Mezzoforte
6.     Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma
7.     Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham
8.     Footprints by Wayne Shorter
9.     Waltz for Debby by Wayne Shorter
10.     Giant Steps by John Coltrane
11.     Bulan di Asia by Indra Lesmana
12.     Take The A Train by Billy Strayhorn
13.     Moanin' by Art Blakey
14.     It Don't Mean a Thing (If It... by Duke Ellington
15.     Blue Train by John Coltrane
16.     Yardbird Suite by Charlie Parker
17.     My Funny Valentine by Rogers Hart
18.     A Night In Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie

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