Blue Note Revisited [Enhanced]

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Blue Note represents a goldmine of raw brain matter in the continuing mind-meld between dance-world spinners and the jazzmen of old. Like kids jumping into a pile of leaves, 13 DJs delve into the label's vaults to connect Donald Byrd fusion and Wayne Shorter hard-bop with a hodgepodge of tricky needlework. The newcomers keep up with the old hats, combining respect for the originals with a jolt of modern momentum. Some take a soft approach; Kyoto Jazz Massive deconstructs and rebuilds Eddie Henderson's "Kudu" with kicked-up rhythms and reverence for the song's marvelous Patrice Rushen keyboard solo. Meanwhile, DJ Cam brings some nice flow via Erik Truffaz, who provides extra flava on Byrd's funk-jazz workout "The Emperor." Going all the way out, Matthew Herbert's skittery, left-field style totally transforms Michel Petrucciani's noodling "Caravan." A challenging piece of jazz-dance, Blue Note Revisited artfully avoids downtempo clichés, doing justice to the explorative nature of these artists and the wax they've left behind. --Matthew Cooke

Tracks:

Oriental Folk Song - La Funk Mob
La Malanga - Kenny Dope
Kudu - Kyoto Jazz Massive
Lansanna's Priestess - DJ Spinna
Won't You Open Your Senses - 4 Hero
Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong - Bugz In The Attic
Young Warrior - Madlib
Oblighetto - J Dilla
The Emperor - DJ Cam
Footprints (Dub) - DJ Mehdi
Song Of Will - Jazzanova
A Time To Remember - Osunlade
Caravan - Matthew Herbert

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Blue Note represents a goldmine of raw brain matter in the continuing mind-meld between dance-world spinners and the jazzmen of old. Like kids jumping into a pile of leaves, 13 DJs delve into the label's vaults to connect Donald Byrd fusion and Wayne Shorter hard-bop with a hodgepodge of tricky needlework. The newcomers keep up with the old hats, combining respect for the originals with a jolt of modern momentum. Some take a soft approach; Kyoto Jazz Massive deconstructs and rebuilds Eddie Henderson's "Kudu" with kicked-up rhythms and reverence for the song's marvelous Patrice Rushen keyboard solo. Meanwhile, DJ Cam brings some nice flow via Erik Truffaz, who provides extra flava on Byrd's funk-jazz workout "The Emperor." Going all the way out, Matthew Herbert's skittery, left-field style totally transforms Michel Petrucciani's noodling "Caravan." A challenging piece of jazz-dance, Blue Note Revisited artfully avoids downtempo clichés, doing justice to the explorative nature of these artists and the wax they've left behind. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Bluenote Jazz remix-light.......2007-03-06

I too, like several other reviewers here and elsewhere, I suppose, expected more from this disc considereing the original material. I was a tad disappointed but after reviving it from my inactive stacks I find it has some refreshing merits, just not enough. It breathes new life into classic old jams granted but the songs don't need CPR they need a makeover, some daring radical face lift, nip and tuck boldness that matches the originals in their day. The opening track," Oriental Folk Song", originally recorded by Wayne Shorter and Coltrane's sidemen is infused with some nice funky beats and soulful vocals that make it contemporary yet maintains much of the original integrity of the song.It sounds a bit(the vocals) like something Donald Byrd's Blackbirds would have done with the song. This is the case with most of these songs, they are fresh yet retro but sound an awful lot like Bobbi Humphrey's or Donald Byrd's background singers. The Japanese renderings on "Kudo," originally performed by Eddie Henderson, takes on a new life with reworkings by Kyoto Jazz Massive. The keyboard flavors and extra vocals change this song tremendously, to the point where it is hardly recognizeable to the original. "The Emperor" is somewhat different from the Doanld Byrd original as new trumpet is added , along with some hip-hop-style undertoned vocals and DJ scatching. The result is a stylish original by DJ Cam that has it's feet planted in both time zones. The electronica group Jazzanova creates quite a strange sound with heavy beats and light vocals mixed for a time warp version of "Song of Will", an original number by Eddie Gale. As stated when I began this review, I expected a better disc. It isn't half bad but not nearly innovative enough considering what they had to work with. Someone like Thievery Corporation or Kruder and Dorfmeister might have some up with something more challenging. More chances and experiment should have been taken, this CD is only ok and ends up resulting like Bluenote Jazz re-mix light.

the cd art was pretty to look at..........2005-04-17

...much props to the guys and gals and the photo session!

but
i was seriously disappointed in this project... maybe my expectations were too high considering the title of 'BLUE NOTE REVISTED!!!!' ... however, i remain optimistic that they'll come thru for me with the next chapter in this series (you just KNOW there's gonbe one!)

peace.

Jazz + Eletronica = Inovação.......2004-07-12

Nos últimos tempos duas das mais importantes gravadoras de jazz lançaram discos com seus sucessos remixados por artistas da música eletrônica. Isto nos leva a crer que existe uma afinidade entre estes estilos de música. Em Blue Note Revisited o resultado é excelente. As músicas apresentam uma grande coesão harmônica e rítmica, mostrando que os "remixers" tiveram muito cuidado em suas versões. O disco é altamente recomendável, principalmente para os puristas do jazz que têm uma boa oportunidade para abrirem suas mentes para o som do novo milênio.

Dj Vareja

Rock Solid.......2004-05-27

Given the enormous talent involved and the quality of the material being "revisited", I expected this to be spectacular. I must say it didn't quite live up to all my expectations, but it's still pretty thrilling. The disc is rock solid. Great break beats, synth melodic loops, and hip hop stutters enrich these classic Blue Note tunes. My only criticism is that the musicians didn't seem to take any chances. To me, living Jazz music must be in some way innovative, however esoteric. I don't hear that on this CD.

Great Idea From Blue Note.......2004-05-03

It is quite interesting to hear renditions of songs that were quite funky in themselves back in the day, and Blue Note provides just that. The majority of the tracks are interpretations and mixes of the soul/funk jazz era of the late 60's to the mid-70's. Hearing what Kenny Dope did to Bobby Hutcherson's "La Malanga" is enough to get me to go out and get the original track and see what it's like in its entirety.Every song on this track has a nice steady groove to it. I was surprised and disappointed with the final track, "Caravan", by Michel Petrucciani. It's sound didn't seem to quite fit in with the rest, given the fact that it was written nearly 20 years most of the other tracks. Aside from the lackluster last track, this album is a good addition to any Blue Note fan.

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An Absolute Classic
"Swingin'!!!!"
Bebop Revisited

Jazz Workshop Revisited
Cannonball Adderley
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056IKY
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

An Opening Comment By Cannonball...
Primitivo
Jessica's Day
Marney
A Few Words...
Unit 7
Another Few Words...
The Jive Samba
Lillie
Mellow Buno
TIme To Go Now - Really!

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Adderley's burning 1959 live recording In San Francisco was something of a hit for the altoist and his quintet. Fully aware of the high standards they'd set, Cannon and producer Orrin Keepnews decided to return to the Jazz Workshop three years later for another hard-swinging affair. By then, Adderley's band had been fleshed out to a sextet distinguished by the presence of a second wind player in Yusef Lateef. Joe Zawinul had settled into the piano chair a year earlier, while Adderley's cornetist brother Nat and the rhythm team of Sam Jones and Louis Hayes were all holdovers from the previous S.F. record. The exotic, ominous one-chord vamp "Primitivo" makes effective use of Lateef's evocative flute and oboe touches. Another highlight is Nat's 11-minute "Jive Samba," a bossa-nova-based groove that actually found its way onto jukeboxes in severely abridged form. Here Lateef's flute proves to be a dynamic addition to the solo procession. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

An Absolute Classic.......2005-09-21

Every track on this CD is very good or better and most are better. The music was recorded when Cannonball had expanded his group to a sextette by adding Yusef Lateef. The group made the most of their size by adopting a big band sound with horns playing figures under the soloist. Jive Samba is a classic and listening to Jessica's Day, you can feel the band swinging off the bandstand. Cannonball made many good CD's but this is absolutely the one I would start with.

"Swingin'!!!!".......2001-02-14

I was stopped dead in my tracks the other day while I was browsing in a record store when I heard something instantly familiar from my childhood, playing over the stores sound system. It was " The Jive Samba" by the Cannonball Adderley Sextet, which I'd heard my parents play again and again, and I did once I got my little five year old fingers all over it!!! After being out of print for many years, this classic album has been released on CD. Recorded over three days of performances at San Francisco's legendary Jazz Workshop in September 1962. Adderley's band featured his brother Nat on cornet, Yusef Lateef on saxes, flute and oboe, and pianist Joe Zawinul, later of Weather Report and writer of Cannonball's biggest hit "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy". The highlights of this album include the aforementioned "Jive Samba", "Primitivo", "Unit 7", and "Mellow Buno". Even Cannonball's between song introductions are enjoyable to listen to. It's so great to see this great album available again for everyone to enjoy.

Bebop Revisited.......2001-01-27

Long unavailable on disc, this well-known and soulful set is finally ready for your CD player. Recorded in the lively--if noisy--Jazz Workshop of San Francisco, mecca to those of us who grew up musically in the Bay Area of the 60's. 'Jive Samba' is the best-known cut, but 'Primitivo' is not to be missed.

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Blue Note Revisited
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
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ASIN: B0001BUF08
Release Date: 2004-04-21

Tracks:

Oriental Folk Song - La Funk Mob, Wayne Shorter
Malanga - Kenny Dope, Bobby Hutcherson
Kudu - Eddie Henderson, Kyoto Jazz Massive
Lansanna's Priestess - DJ Spinna,
Won't You Open Up Your Senses - 4hero, Horace Silver
Alamitos Latinfunklovesong - Bugz in the Attic, Gene Harris
Young Warrior - Bobbi Humphrey, Madlib
Oblighetto - Jack McDuff
Emperor - Donald Byrd, DJ Cam, Erik Truffaz
Footprints [Dub] - DJ Mehdi, Wayne Shorter
Song of Will - Eddie Gale, Jazzanova
Time to Remember - Grant Green, Osunlade
Caravan
New Folk, Pt. 2 [*] - Kenny Dorham, , Towa Tei,

Album Details

Japanese Release of Blue Note Tracks Remixed. Features a Bonus Track: "Afrodisia", Remixed by Towa Tei.

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alright Merritt J. Vincent
A Non-Avant Garde Must Have For Non-Traditionalists
DIDN'T HEAR IT ALL

Traditionalism Revisited
Bob Brookmeyer
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ASIN: B000007TFN
Release Date: 1998-07-14

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Louisiana
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Some Sweet Day
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Don't Be That Way
Honeysuckle Rose
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The Sheik Of Araby

Customer Reviews:

alright Merritt J. Vincent.......2002-11-27

Unlike many recordings given 5 star ratings on amazon[.com], this one actually deserves it. If you like Brookmeyer, or if you like west coast jazz or cool jazz at all, you should be very interested in this highly creative work. I'm not sure exactly what Brookmeyer and his gang were going for, but what they succeeded in doing was taking old, old tunes (from the 1920s, etc.) and giving them a fresh, swinging, 1960s feel, without losing the their essential old-fashioned aspects. The result is some seriously interesting, seriously delightful music.

A Non-Avant Garde Must Have For Non-Traditionalists.......2000-09-04

Brookmayer's long career have shown him to be amongst the most inspired arrangers of the post-Big Band Era. His genius was already obvious by the time of this great recording, though. Stints in support of Gerry Mulligan and Jimmy Giuffre (featured here!) had reinforced Bob's unique Valve Trombone style and distinctive arranging skills so that this release had a truly special place in the red-hot jazz world of the 1950s. The "traditionalism" were classic chestnuts of the early jazz canon, the "revisited" was the stylized recasting which Brookmayer, Giuffre and Jim Hall lent to them. As high a point in the "chamber jazz" movement as any of Giuffre's 3 or Chico Hamilton's recordings (which the curious are also strongly urged to check-out). "Kansas City Revisited" is also a must-have for anybody who enjoys this. For further research: Brookmayer's early-1980s return to the arranger's seat for some great Mel Lewis Big Band recordings!

DIDN'T HEAR IT ALL.......2000-03-01