Blue 'N' Groovy, Vol. 1: Blue Note Connects with the Good Vibes

Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Dean Rudland (Compilation)
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Recorded between 1960 and 1969. Includes liner notes by Dean Rudland. This is part of Blue Note's The Blue Series. Personnel: Don Wilkerson (tenor, tenor saxophone); Grant Green (guitar); James Spaulding (flute, alto saxophone); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Tina Brooks, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams, Sam Jones (baritone saxophone); Herbie Lewis, Laymon Jackson, Jymie Merritt, Butch Warren (bass saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan (trumpet); Curtis Fuller, Garnett Brown (trombone); Duke Jordan, Duke Pearson, Herbie Hancock, Jack Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Clark, Barry Harris , Bobby Timmons (piano); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Joe Chambers, Lex Humphries, Mickey Roker, Anthony Williams , Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Billy Higgins (drums). Liner Note Author: Dean Rudland. Recording information: New York, NY (06/25/1960-09/22/1967). Arranger: Duke Pearson. Blue N Groovy, Vol. 1 is an excellent 11-track sampler of the funkiest soul-jazz and hard-bop in the Blue Note catalog, containing calssic moments from Duke Pearson ("Chili Peppers"), Jack Wilson ("On Children"), Stanley Turrentine ("Meat Wave"), Don Wilkerson ("Dem Tambourines"), Art Blakey ("Ping Pong"), Tina Brooks ("True Blue"), Bobby Hutcherson ("8/4 Beat"), Wayne Shorter ("Tom Thumb"). While a couple of these moments are familiar -- Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder," for instance -- there's a number of rarities previously unavailable on CD, as well, making this of equal interest to collectors and casual fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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