Blue Note @ 70 mix

Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few weeks… Here at BC towers we’ve been busy needle dropping over 150+ Blue Note lps from our crates to select a tracklist for what we would define as our ultimate Blue Note tribute. A tribute that is worthy to the testimony that Blue note is 70 years young this year.

It mustn’t be understated just how important this milestone is for Jazz and for the greater good of Music as a Whole. We have tried to swerve the obvious tunes that tend to get dropped on comps like “The bestest Blue Note album in the whole wide world since the beginning of time ever part 6″ you know the ones; Song for my father, Sidewinder, Cantaloup Island, Congoralre, Blue Bossa, Maiden Voyage etc and concentrated on tunes that have been instrumental to us over the last 25 odd years.

Some of the tunes on here are over 50 years old and IMHO still sound as fresh and exciting as they must have done back in the day… And let’s not forget this fact people; This is Real Music made by Real Talent – people who mastered the art of their instruments which is sadly not seen that often in this day and age. Infact most of todays dedicated talent can be seen mainly busking on the streets to make a living — in between the odd studio session if they are really, really lucky…

Anyway, When we set out to do this comp, we wanted to do 70 tracks over 70 mins which looking back was a tad ambitious to say the least and am afraid we failed miserably on both budgets. 35 Tracks listed, 42 Used and some other little incidental bits… Plus it wouldn’t be a BC mix without a lil’bit of spoken word… Here is the righteous track listing:

His Blessings: McCoy Tyner
Pax: Andrew Hill
Wind: Wayne Shorter
How Much Does Matter Really Matter at all? Horace Silver
Motto Grosso: Wayne Shorter
Goodbye to Childhood: Herbie Hancock
Illusion: Andrew Hill
Christo Redentor: Donald Byrd
Inner Passion Out: Lee Morgan
Succotash: Herbie Hancock
Look At Teyonda (Astrological bit): William Norwood
The Coming Of Gwilu: Eddie Gale
Song of Will: Eddie Gale
Understanding: Eddie Gale
Fulton Street: Eddie Gale
Walk with Thee: Eddie Gale
The Gleeker: Eddie Gale
Look At Teyonda: Eddie Gale
The Rain: Eddie Gale
Malika: McCoy Tyner
Hope: McCoy Tyner
Now! Bobby Hutcherson
Forbidden Land: McCoy Tyner
Searchin’ The Trane: Bobby Hutcherson
Search for the New Land: Lee Morgan
On the Nile: Jackie McClean
The Creators: Bobby Hutcherson
Prayer: Solomon Ilori
Sweet Pea: Wayne Shorter
Appointment In Ghana: Jackie McClean
The Feast: Art Blakey
Buhaina Chant: Art Blakey
Elephant Walk: Art Blakey
The Phantom: Duke Pearson
Boom, Boomp, Choomp: The Sons

This is not a definitive list just what we could pack in… A nono-second of the 100’s more we just couldn’t get in and really wanted to; Slow Change, Had a little talk, Walk Tall, Happy People amongst others (next Jazz on a Sunday possibly) Huuummmmm so maybe the task is 7 mixes over 7 months would be more appropriate? LOL!!!

Special thanks to all those who contributed ideas in the comments and on Twitter to poke our failing fast middle aged memories due to too much booze. Really Special thanks go out to: Bacoso, Katonah, Wara Katsu, Arkadin, El Goog Ja, El Reza and of course Monohub… Finally, thanks to Blue Note and the artists living and departed for both the Education and Inspiration. So if you are new to Jazz or an old hand geek like those here at BC, enjoy the spiritual side of Blue Note…

Link as usual is in the comments.

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