| Various Artists / Blue Note Revisited |
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| Album: | Blue Note Revisited | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 06/2004 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-07-26 | Pull Date: | 2004-09-26 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | 5 Sep | 29 Aug | 22 Aug | 15 Aug | 8 Aug | 1 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 30, 2007: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Footprints (Dub) | 4. | Aug 19, 2006: | cafe paradiso Song of Will | |
| 2. | Aug 16, 2007: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Kudu | 5. | Jul 29, 2006: | cafe paradiso The Emperor | |
| 3. | Apr 12, 2007: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Kudu | 6. | Jan 18, 2006: | Deep in the Groove Song of Will |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2004-07-13 | ||
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This is yet another jazz remix album – this time with big Blue Note names, including Wayne Shorter, Donald Byrd, Eddie Gale, and Grant Green. A host of talented producers/DJs (DJ Spinna, Madlib, Herbert, Jazzanova, 4 Hero, and DJ Cam) makes this worth checking out. Everything just drips of jazz (obviously). Some tracks are duds, but there are some gems here. I especially dug tracks 4, 9, 11, 13, but also check out 3, 6, 7, 12. - Captain Dee (7/04) 1. Lounge-y female "ooohs," quiet piano and brass, quirky sounds. (3:47) 2. Starts with repetitive beat, xylophone-ish keys, occasional male vocals. Then everything comes alive with a fiesta vibe. (6:00) *3. Ultra funky bass, jazzy keys, multiple female vocals. Uptemo beat. (5:23) **4. Carefree horn riffs. Playful flute and moog-like solos. Atmospheric chorus of vocals and sax join in towards the end. DJ Spinna is the man. (6:03) 5. Swinging beat, blues-y female vocals, brass and keys accompaniment. (3:49) *6. Sultry female vocals throughout. First half totally sounds like a porn soundtrack (not in a bad way). Then it transforms into a smoother, upbeat groove with strings. (7:01) *7. Lovely little intro, then drums-heavy jam of moog, keys, and bass. Alternates between fast and lounge-y segments. (6:23) 8. Echoing female vocals, pensive keys and sax with slow bass and beat. Second half is clearer, and very catchy. (3:41) **9. Raw hip-hop beat, warbling trumpet, some rapping samples with scratching. Top-notch production. (4:08) 10. Aggressive beat, cinematic background instrumentation. Very thick sound with occasional samples. Moog-like instruments go to town. (4:10) **11. Trippy, haunting chorus of vocals with broken beat. Distinct Jazzanova sound with overtones of Prefuse 73 mixed with John Arnold, perhaps? (7:40) *12. Dreamy guitars with crisp beat. Definite bossa nova feel. (4:43) **13. Dark pianos (often electronically tweaked), quiet minimal beat. Great, heavily cut-up interlude that just screams Herbert/Doctor Rockit. (4:39) | ||
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