Excellent two CD compilation of classic tracks from the Blue Note Records catalog. This collection represents the complete history of the label, from it's beginnings - including it's first best-selling single, "Summertime" - through it's '50s - '60s classic period, with widely-known tracks from label standard bearers Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan et al, and right up to it's modern successes from Norah Jones, Robert Glasper and Gregory Porter.
7 Moanin' - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (9:33)
8 Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark (9:23)
9 Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson (6:41)
10 Somethin' Else - Miles Davis (8:13)
11 Back at the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith (8:03)
- Disc 2 -
1 Chitlins Con Carne - Kenny Burrell (5:24)
2 The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan (10:23)
3 Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter (8:19)
4 Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock (7:51)
5 Song for My Father - Horace Silver (7:18)
6 Black Byrd - Donald Byrd (7:20)
7 Cantaloop - Gerard Presencer (4:39)
8 Come on in My Kitchen - Cassandra Wilson (4:54)
9 Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones (3:36)
10 Afro Blue - Robert Glasper (5:09)
11 Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter (3:36)
Excellent two CD compilation of classic tracks from the Blue Note Records catalog. This collection represents the complete history of the label, from it's beginnings - including it's first best-selling single, "Summertime" - through it's '50s - '60s classic period, with widely-known tracks from label standard bearers Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan et al, and right up to it's modern successes from Norah Jones, Robert Glasper and Gregory Porter.