VA - Blue Note Now! (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 374 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 156 MB
1:08:17 | Jazz | Label: Blue Note
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 374 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 156 MB
1:08:17 | Jazz | Label: Blue Note
In the '90s, Blue Note assembled numerous compilations – everything from Brazilian jazz to an album of jazz artists interpreting Beatles gems. Many of those compilations tended to favor Blue Note's classic '50s and '60s output, but the focus of this 1994 release is Blue Note in the '80s and '90s. And all of the material is solid; that is true of performances by Young Lions like pianist Benny Green (Freddie Hubbard's "One of Another Kind") and tenor saxman Javon Jackson ("I Waited for You"), and it is true of the contributions of established veterans such as saxman Sonny Fortune (who performs an alto/piano duet with Kirk Lightsey on Thelonious Monk's "Reflections") and pianist McCoy Tyner (who teams up with vibist Bobby Hutcherson on Monk's "Blue Monk"). Most of the tracks are acoustic hard bop or post-bop, but Blue Note Now! enters the fusion realm with John Scofield's funky "Do Like Eddie" (which features the late Eddie Harris on tenor sax). Naturally, there is a selection by Joe Lovano, who was among Blue Note's most celebrated artists in the '90s. The very flexible Lovano has never had a problem excelling in a modal post-bop environment, but his version of Booker Little's "Rounders Mood" is pure bop and finds the saxman forming a two-tenor front line with Joshua Redman.
Blue Note Now! underscores the fact that in the '80s and '90s, Blue Note wasn't the cutting-edge label it had been in the '40s, '50s, and '60s – in the '80s and '90s, Blue Note was more of a follower than a leader. Nonetheless, the company did release a lot of pleasing and likable (if less-than-groundbreaking) CDs during those decades, and this compilation paints a generally attractive picture of Blue Note's post-'70s output.
Review by Alex Henderson
Tracklist
01. John Scofield - Do Like Eddie (John Scofield) [8:06]
02. McCoy Tyner & Bobby Hutcherson - Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) [7:56]
03. Tim Hagans - Immediate Left (Tim Hagans) [8:06]
04. Javon Jackson - I Waited for You (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) [5:57]
05. Kevin Hays - Take the D Flat Train (Kevin Hays) [5:48]
06. Benny Green - One of Another Kind (Freddie Hubbard) [5:55]
07. Sonny Fortune - Reflections (Thelonious Monk) [6:44]
08. Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) [4:24]
09. Joe Lovano - Rounders Mood (Booker Little) [8:20]
10. Jacky Terrasson - I Love Paris (Cole Porter) [6:40]
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Various Artists / Blue Note Now!
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EAC extraction logfile from 26. August 2024, 10:45
Various Artists / Blue Note Now!
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