- Album Intro
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Album name:Mosaic: A Celebration Of Blue Note Records
Blue Note 70th Anniversary
From the jump in 1939 jazz aficionados Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, emigres from Berlin, followed their instincts by recording great artists playing pure
jazz. The 50s and 60s were, and still are, considered the classic Blue Note period in relation to not only what they recorded but the engineering of Rudy
Van Gelder, the photography of Frank Wolff, and, eventually, the art direction of Reid Miles.
The so-called hard bop of the mid- 50s in New York essentially began with a Blue Note album, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. What hard bop did was to draw on rural blues and gospel music in finding a whole new audience for jazz.
The idea for a group to carry forth the tribute during Blue Note's 70th year originated with booking agent Jack Randall, and was formed by musical director
Bill Charlap, Randall, and Danny Melnick. When plans for the extensive tour reached more than 50 American cities, the idea of a recording was inevitable.
The Blue Note 7 was not conceived as an all-star group but it is stellar in stature. It is more than a tribute band, a cadre with a cohesive compatibility,
dealing with powerful music and reinterpreting it through their new arrangements and individual solos.
Nicholas Payton- trumpet
Steve Wilson - alto saxophone, flute
Ravi Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Peter Bernstein - guitar
Bill Charlap - piano
Peter Washington - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
1. Mosaic 2. The Blue Note 7 3. Inner Urge 4. The Blue Note 7 5. Search For Peace 6. The Blue Note 7 7. Little B's Poem 8. The Blue Note 7 9. Criss Cross 10. The Blue Note 7 11. Dolphin Dance 12. The Blue Note 7 13. Idle Moments 14. The Blue Note 7 15. The Outlaw 16. The Blue Note 7 17. Mosaic (2005 Digital Remaster) 18. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 19. Inner Urge (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2003 Digital Remaster) 20. Joe Henderson 21. Search For Peace (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1998 Digital Remaster) 22. McCoy Tyner 23. Little B's Poem (1994 Digital Remaster) 24. Bobby Hutcherson 25. Criss Cross (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1998 Digital Remaster) 26. Thelonious Monk 27. Dolphin Dance (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster) 28. Herbie Hancock 29. Idle Moments (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (1999 Digital Remaster) 30. Grant Green 31. The Outlaw (2007 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 32. Horace Silver Quintet
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