Various – The Blue Box: Blue Note’s Best (4xCD, Comp) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Location: TWL-232-L

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Notes:

Catalog number E2 72438 56508 2 6 listed on the spine of the CDs’ slipcase/box, while 72438 56508 2 6 is listed in all the liner notes.

Mastered at MusicLane Inc. Toronto. (C)(P) This Compilation 1997 EMI Music Canada.

1-1 Recorded on March 6, 1960 at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on The Big Beat (BT-84029). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (B2-93205)

1-2 Recorded on March 17, 1965 at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Maiden Voyage (BT-84195). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Herbie Hancock (B2-91142)

1-3 Recorded on April, 1984 at Mastermind Sound, New York. Originally issued on Togethering (BT-85106). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Kenny Burrell (B2-30493).

1-4 Recorded on June 8, 1939. Originally issued on various Blue Note 78 RPM Singles. Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Sidney Bechet (B2-2889).

1-5 Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 4, 1964. Originally issued on Trompeta Toccata (BT-84181). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Kenny Dorham (B2-53648).

1-6 Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 8, 1970. Originally issued on Extensions (BNLA-006). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of McCoy Tyner (B2-37051).

1-7 Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey July 28, 1958. Originally issued on Blues Walk (BST-81593). Taken from The Best Of Lou Donaldson Volume 1 1957-1967 (B2-27298).

1-8 Recorded at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, November 24, 1972. Originally issued on Black Byrd (BST-84466). Taken from The Best Of Donald Byrd (B2-98638).

1-9 Recorded at Songshop Studios, New York, September-October 1984. Originally issued on Magic Touch (BST-46092). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Stanley Jordan (B2-31502).

2-1 Recorded on March 6, 1954 at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on Miles Davis Volume One (BST-01501). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Miles Davis (B2-98287).

2-2 Recorded in 1986 at Capitol Studios. Originally issued on Spontaneous Inventions (B2-46298). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Bobby McFerrin (B253329).

2-3 Recorded on June 17, 1964 at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Empyrean Isles (BST-84175). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Herbie Hancock (B2-91142).

2-4 Recorded on August 27, 1962 at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Go! (BST-84112). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Dexter Gordon (B2-91139).

2-5 Recorded on July 23, 1951 at WOR Studios, New York. Originally issued on various Blue Note 78’s. Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Thelonious Monk (B2-95636).

2-6 Recorded on September 15, 1957 at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on Blue Train (BST-01577). Taken from The Art Of John Coltrane (B2-99175).

2-7 Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, on May 3, 1976. Originally issued on Can’t Hide Love (BST-89540). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Carmen McRae (B2-33578).

2-8 Recorded on June 6, 1955 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Previously unissued alternate take. Taken from The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (B2-81506).

2-9 Recorded on November 10, 1956 at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on Six Pieces Of Silver (BST-01539). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Horace Silver Volume 1 (B2-91143).

2-10 Recorded on August 14, 1953 at WOR Studios, New York. Originally issued on a Blue Note 78 RPM Single (01629). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Bud Powell (B2-93204).

2-11 Recorded on March 27, 1955 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on Hank Mobley Quartet, a Blue Note 10″ Single (BLP-5066). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Hank Mobley (B2-37052).

2-12 Recorded on December 21, 1963 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on The Sidewinder (BST-84157). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Lee Morgan (B2-91138).

3-1 Recorded on November 21, 1947 at Apex Studios, New York. Originally issued on various Blue Note 78 RPM Singles. Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Thelonious Monk (B2-95636).

3-2 Recorded in December 1993 at the Power Station, New York. Originally issued on I Can See Your House From Here (B2-27765). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of John Scofield (B2-53330).

3-3 Recorded on August 13, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Hey There (BST-84102). Taken from The Best Of The Three Sounds (B2-27323).

3-4 Recorded on May 12, 1967 at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on Slow Drag (BST-84292). Taken from Early Byrd The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years (B2-89606).

3-5 Recorded on April 25, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Back At The Chicken Shack (BST-84117). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Jimmy Smith (B2-91140).

3-6 Recorded on December 24, 1964 at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Speak No Evil (BST-84194). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Wayne Shorter (B2-91141).

3-7 Recorded at The Cliche Lounge, Newark, New Jersey on August 15, 1970. Originally issued on Alive! (BST-84360). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Grant Green, Volume Two (B2-37741).

3-8 Recorded on June 3, 1963 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Page One (BST-84140). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Joe Henderson (B2-95627).

3-9 Recorded June 1989 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York. Originally issued on Music (B2-92563). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Michel Petrucciani (B2-89916).

3-10 Recorded on April 20, 1953 at WOR Studios, New York. Originally issued on Miles Davis Volume 2 (BST-01502). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Miles Davis (B2-98287).

3-11 Recorded on December 16, 1956 in Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued on a 78 RPM Single (45-1669) & Sonny Rollins Vol. 1 (BLP-01542). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Sonny Rollins (B2-93203).

4-1 Recorded on February 13, 1963 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Never Let Me Go (BST-84129). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Stanley Turrentine (B2-93201).

4-2 Recorded on October 26, 1964 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Song For My Father (BST-84185). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Horace Silver Volume Two (B2-93206).

4-3 Recorded on February 3, 1966 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Adam’s Apple (BST-84232). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Wayne Shorter (B2-91141).

4-4 Recorded on March, 1968 at A&R Studios, New York City. Originally issued on Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Solid State SS-18039). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Chick Corea (B2-89282).

4-5 Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 9, 1970. Originally issued on Everything I Play Is Funky (BST-84337). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Lou Donaldson Volume Two (B2-37745).

4-6 Recorded on June 19, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on Open Sesame (BST-84040). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Freddie Hubbard (B2-93202).

4-7 Recorded on March 31, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on I Want To Hold Your Hand (BST-84202). Taken from The Best Of Grant Green Volume One (B2-27312).

4-8 Recorded on June 22, 1953 at WOR Studios, New York. Originally issued on The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson (BLP-01505). Taken from The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume One (B2-81505).

4-9 Recorded on May 1, 1951 at WOR Studios, New York. Originally issued on a Blue Note 78 RPM Single (78-1577). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Bud Powell (B2-93204).

4-10 Recorded on August 29, 1962 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally issued on A Swingin’ Affair (BST-84133). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Dexter Gordon (B2-91139).

4-11 Recorded at M & I Studios, New York City, June 18-19, 1985. Originally issued on Foreign Intrigue (B2-46289). Taken from The Blue Note Years The Best Of Tony Williams (B2-53331).

1-1. Art Blakey – Dat Dere 8:46
1-2. Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage 7:54
1-3. Kenny Burrell – Day Dream 5:00
1-4. Sidney Bechet – Summertime 4:10
1-5. Kenny Dorham – Una Mas 15:15
1-6. McCoy Tyner – The Wanderer 7:43
1-7. Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk 6:40
1-8. Donald Byrd – Black Byrd 7:16
1-9. Stanley Jordan – Eleanor Rigby 7:01
2-1. Miles Davis – It Never Entered My Mind 4:01
2-2. Bobby McFerrin – Turtle Shoes 3:32
2-3. Herbie Hancock – Canteloupe Island 5:30
2-4. Dexter Gordon – Three O’Clock In The Morning 5:40
2-5. Thelonious Monk – Straight No Chaser 2:54
2-6. John Coltrane – Blue Train 10:40
2-7. Carmen McRae – A Child Is Born 3:24
2-8. J.J. Johnson – Viscosity (Alternate Take) 4:18
2-9. Horace Silver – Sènor Blues 7:01
2-10. Bud Powell – Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas 3:03
2-11. Hank Mobley – Avila And Tequila 4:29
2-12. Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder 10:20
3-1. Thelonious Monk – ‘Round Midnight 3:09
3-2. John Scofield – Message To My Friend 6:03
3-3. The Three Sounds – Stompin’ At The Savoy 4:50
3-4. Donald Byrd – Jellyroll 5:10
3-5. Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack 8:00
3-6. Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil 8:35
3-7. Grant Green – Sookie, Sookie 11:00
3-8. Joe Henderson – Blue Bossa 7:55
3-9. Michel Petrucciani – Lullaby 5:16
3-10. Miles Davis – C.T.A. 3:33
3-11. Sonny Rollins – Decision 8:01
4-1. Stanley Turrentine – God Bless The Child 3:59
4-2. Horace Silver – Song For My Father 7:16
4-3. Wayne Shorter – Footprints 7:25
4-4. Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs 7:05
4-5. Lou Donaldson – Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 5:15
4-6. Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame 7:10
4-7. Grant Green – Speak Low 7:05
4-8. J.J. Johnson – Lover Man 3:51
4-9. Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco 4:43
4-10. Dexter Gordon – Don’t Explain 6:03
4-11. Anthony Williams – Sister Cheryl 6:59

 

 

Barcode 7 2438-56508-2 6
Other 72438 56509 2 5
Other 72438 56510 2 1
Other 72438 56511 2 0
Other 72438 56512 2 9

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