The Best of Blue Note, Vol. 1

1. Poco Loco - Bud Powell

2. Tin Tin Deo - James Moody

3. Criss-Cross - Thelonious Monk

4. Bags' Groove - Milt Jackson

5. Cherokee - Clifford Brown, Clifford Brown

6. Tempus Fugit - Clifford Brown, Clifford Brown

7. Blue Train - John Coltrane

8. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock

9. Cristo Redentor - Donald Byrd

10. Moanin' - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

11. Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson

12. Song for My Father - Horace Silver

13. Back to the Chicken Shack - Horace Silver

14. Chitlins Con Carne - Horace Silver

15. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

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Average customer rating: King Cole Trio, No Greater Small Jazz Band The Best of Nat King Cole Trio Volums 1&2 Music to neck and drink Martinis by Silky Smooth Smooth as silk...

The Best of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 1 (1942-1946) Nat King Cole Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 2 (1947-1950) Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics After Midnight: The Complete Session Cool Cole The Piano Style of Nat King Cole ASIN: B000005H11 Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. All For You
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right
3. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
4. If You Can't Smile And Say Yes
5. Sweet Lorraine
6. Embraceable You
7. It's Only A Paper Moon
8. I Realize Now
9. I'm A Shy Guy
10. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
11. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
12. I'm Thru With Love
13. Come To Baby, Do
14. The Frim Fram Sauce
15. How Does It Feel
16. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
17. Baby, Baby All The Time
18. But She's My Buddy's Chick
19. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
20. The Best Man
21. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
22. You're The Cream In My Coffee

Customer Reviews:

King Cole Trio, No Greater Small Jazz Band.......2006-03-04

"Vocal Classics, Volume 1" by the King Cole Trio documents along with "Instrumental Classics" that the Trio was always at its best. It is the equivalent of Ted Williams hitting .406 in 1941, Jim Brown gaining 6 yards a carry every time he touched the ball, Wilt Chamberlain averaging 50.4 points and 25.4 rebounds in 1961-1962 and Wayne Gretzky scoring over 200 points in four out of five seasons.

Most of these songs are great art. "All For You" could have been left off this CD album since it was recorded for Excelsior Records in 1942 before the Trio recorded for Capitol Records as well as "How Does It Feel" since it was never released commercially until 1991 when it was part of Mosaic Records box set entitled "The Complete Capitol Recordings of the King Cole Trio." Also the other version of "Embraceable You", which was released in 1944 on the first King Cole Trio album should have been included in lieu of the V-Disc version. A better version of "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" was the Trio's 1946 master that was actually commercially released in 1946 on "King Cole Trio, Volume 2" album. The 1945 version was not released the first time until 1955. Capitol Records would have served the fan better by issuing in this package 1946 recording rather the 1945. In my opinion "I Can't See For Lookin' " is more of a classic than "All For You," this version of "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" and "How Does It Feel" and should have been included instead. And certainly "The Christmas Song" by Robert Wells and Mel Torme recorded by the Trio in 1946 with a string choir is more of a classic than these three songs and should have been part of the release.

The greatest thing about this album is it exclusively consists of what Will Friedwald called the greatest edition of the King Cole Trio (Trio Leader Nat Cole at the piano and doing the vocals, Oscar Moore, guitar and Johnny Miller, bass). No other edition before Miller's arrival in 1942 and Moore's leaving in 1947 ever equalled what these three men accomplished. Other editions of the Trio pale in comparison. Moore as a guitarist and Miller as a bassist, besides being great jazz players, could also sing in tight harmony with Cole as you will hear on Cole's and Irving Mills' composition entitled "Straighten Up And Fly Right." It is unfortunate that two other classic vocals by all three men were not included in the album, Cole's "It Is Better To Be By Yourself" and Ella Fitzgerald's "Oh But I Do." Besides being a great pianist and vocalist, Cole was a phenomenal leader and arranger when he led the King Cole Trio. The inferior quality of "All For You," "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry," and "How Does It Feel" is more than compensated by superior treatment that they provide on the other nineteen selections. It is due in no small measure to Cole's arranging skills. It is his talent as an arranger that makes this a classic album as it is also true of the "Instrumental Classics" album by the King Cole Trio.

I have been a fan of the King Cole Trio since 1963 when I was fourteen years old. Please enjoy this music by a band that was incomparable.

G. E. Williams, White Plains, Westchester County, New York

The Best of Nat King Cole Trio Volums 1&2.......2005-09-01

This is a mello, jazzy wonderful reminder of the muscial time period in which it originated and also a testament to the
enduring legacy of Nat Cole. This material is as pleasing today as I'm sure it was 50 years ago. A wonderful historical reminder of the time, but still fresh and entertaining.

Music to neck and drink Martinis by.......2003-10-09

Everything else has been said about this music that needs to be said - hard to be nostalgic for something you weren't around for (I'm only 26, for cryin' out loud) but good grief! The idea that this was some of the pop music enjoyed by millions - this elegant, sophisticated, intimate music - only underscores the aridity of all of the stuff that makes Billboard nowadays. Cole's
art was above all an art of subtely, of small touches that add up to a distinct and unmistakeable whole - much as the small, decisive brushstrokes of Monet yielded those iconic, idyllic rivers and bridges. Listen to how Cole phrases the penultimate line of "I'm Thru With Love" , that fractional hesitation, that delicate caesura between "For I must have you" and "or no one",
and you'll see what I mean. For a romantic evening indoors on a cold winter night, look no further than the Trio for exactly the right mood. (The instrumental stuff is equally fine too, by the way - he was an amazing piano player. Red Garland didn't come out of nowhere, you know.)

Silky Smooth.......2001-11-28

This is smooth jazz at its finest--not the contemporary non-jazz that usurped that name-- but the light, feathery, and unmistakably jazz work of early Nat Cole. Smooth as silk, really, he has a warm, easy-going, and mellifluous voice (yet it's never bland). While some of the songs are strictly for fun (the great "The Frim Fram Sauce" and the less memorable "But She's My Buddy's Chick") he adds a bit more gravitas to such ballads as "Sweet Lorraine" and lays blue shadings onto "Embraceable You."

The comping is wonderful, a classic trio sound with Johnny Miller's beautifully articulated bass, and Oscar Moore's versatile guitar. At times, Moore coaxes a ukulele sound out of his instrument; other times he has an incandescent sound that recalls Django Reinhardt. The trio also sings together: "Straighten Up and Fly Right " is like a Do-Wop jazz song. Cole's piano is the height of insouciance, a soft but always swinging style that gets the most out of the minimum. Other highlights include the signature "Route 66," "I'm Thru with Love," "Come to Baby, Do", and "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons."

This is not the "popular" (and over-produced, in my opinion) Cole of latter years ("Lazy Hazy Days of Summer," "Ramblin' Rose," etc.) but a man firmly rooted in jazz. It's been said by many that his later vocal success overshadows the innovations and influence he showed as a young pianist. (For instrumentals only, I recommend his "Penthouse Serenade"). This album gives you both Cole's voice and piano in the great Cole sans-drummer trio; an excellent selection of songs played by a master, backed with empathy and basking in warmth.

Smooth as silk..........2001-09-19

Everyone knows of Nat King Cole's "pop" recordings - "Mona Lisa", "Too Young", "The Christmas Song" but to me the real treasure lies in these recordings (and those on the companion CD covering 1947 - 1950).

Cole is an incredible jazz pianist with a light and gently swinging style. Add to that Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on bass and you've got a tight ensemble delivering 22 wonderful performances. The tracks range from classic ballads ("Embraceable You", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons") to fun novelty numbers ("The Frim Fram Sauce", "But She's My Buddy's Chick"). Of course you add Cole's smooth vocals to these wonderful backing arrangements and you've got a great collection.

Considering the age of these recording and the quiet nature of the material - even when the trio swings they swing "softly" - there is some hiss noticeable throughout but in general these recordings have been nicely "cleaned up" and restored.

(In addition to the two vocal collections there is a third strictly instrumental disc which is also very good but when you put on Nat King Cole don't you want to hear that voice?)

Average customer rating: The Very Best! Grand Collection! Some of the best Earl Klugh All The Best Tracks From The Best smooth acoustic masterpiece

The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 1 Earl Klugh Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 2 The Best of Earl Klugh Restoration: The Best of Bob James Cool Love Songs ASIN: B000005H5I Release Date: 1991-03-26

Tracks:

1. Tropical Legs
2. Amazon
3. Magic In Your Eyes
4. Calypso Getaway
5. Dr. Macumba
6. Long Ago And Far Away
7. Angelina
8. Heart String
9. Livin' Inside Your Love
10. Christina
11. Wishful Thinking
12. I Don't Want To Leave You Alone Anymore

Customer Reviews:

The Very Best! Grand Collection!.......2004-06-19

A great and talented acoustic guitarist.You'll love the Tracks in this CD, beacause they are all very Good. Great Collection of Good and pleasant tracks! Listen to this Great CD, you'll love it.

Some of the best Earl Klugh.......2001-12-16

As with most "best" collections, there are always some songs you'd replace with others you like even more (I guess that's what CD burners are for). This CD, nonetheless, has several goodies on it. "Tropical Legs" is a perfect example of Klugh going where he wants to and making a catchy, feel-good tune. "Calypso Getaway" is one of my favorite Klugh tunes because of its great melody, rhythm, percussion (compliments of Paulinho da Costa), and orchestration (by Johnny Mandel). Another great performance is James Taylor's "Long Ago and Far Away," which Klugh plays with tenderness and a sense of "longing." Klugh often gets the best musicians to work with him, and included here are Dave Grusin, Phil Upchurch, Ralph MacDonald, Steve Gadd, and Lee Ritenour.

All The Best Tracks From The Best.......2000-04-25

Listen Up all, It is one thing to have the best track of an artist on an Album but when you have the very best tracks from one of the very best in the Jazz industry then i just have one thing to say " You Better recognise ". Mr Earl Klugh combines all sorts from soul to calypso and produces a smooth blend of Jazz. I iuv this Guy, I luv this Album

smooth acoustic masterpiece.......1999-11-21

this is a must for any acoustic guitar fan.earl has come togather with some of his classics.the always smooth tropica legs,the beautifl angelina,and the classic wishful thinking from his second release. other earl klugh titles i suggest are sudden burst of energy,finger paintings,and crazy for you. ar klugh titles cassc wisful thinking from earls second release in 1976.

Average customer rating: Incomplete Horace Hit List Great compilation of early Horace Silver Silver Fire Meet the Godfather of Soul Jazz

The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. 1 Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. 2 Song for My Father The Best of Lee Morgan The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers ASIN: B000005HEZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Opus De Funk
2. Doodlin'
3. Room 608
4. The Preacher
5. Senor Blues
6. Cool Eyes
7. Home Cookin'
8. Soulville
9. Cookin' At The Continental
10. Peace
11. Sister Sadie
12. Blowin' The Blues Away

Customer Reviews:

Incomplete Horace Hit List.......2006-05-28

Pretty fair representation of Silver's most popular tunes before "Song for My Father," which is on Vol. 2. On the other hand, neither volume contains "essentials" such as "Nica's Dream," "Strollin'" and "Moon Rays" not to mention any of his recordings for Columbia and Epic. OK for whetting your appetite or saving some wear on the old vinyls.

Great compilation of early Horace Silver.......2005-01-17

Horace Silver recorded some great sessions at Blue Note and this collection is a good starting point to sample his music from the period. Silver is the funkiest and most soul oriented bop pianist and his bands and compositions reflect his immense talents as a soloist and his unbelievably funky comping ability. The bands that were assembled for these sessions were all very solid with particular contibutions from Hank Mobley . Blue Mitchell , Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey as well as many others. Horace Silver has a rich legacy of fine recordings but these Best Of collections are not a bad place to begin to enjoy this man's fine muisc.

Silver Fire.......2002-02-22

This is hard bop at its utter finest. Excellent selection of signature Silver tracks, played with great passion by brilliant musicians. Essential.

Meet the Godfather of Soul Jazz.......2000-05-28

Throughout the history of Jazz, there have been many "reigning" kings of the piano. You can trace the entire evolution of Jazz from Scott Joplin, through Bud Powell, Monk, Hancock, Keith Jarret, and whoever the star of the moment is now through the contributions of the masters. Clearly, looking back, Horace Silver definitely held the reign, and held it well (in my book he still rules)... so let's ask, what was his contribution ? The answer is simple : SWEAT. I'm reminded of the title of an old Ray Charles album... Jazz + Genius = Soul. This former Jazz Messengers sideman introduced levels of SOUL and ENERGY into Jazz few have accomplished. While others (such as McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal) would take the piano in more impressionistic directions, Horace Silver would sweat. When he played, he often looked like a mad scientist. His ensembles were small and tight, but the horns would play high and vamp and his songs to this day remind you that Jazz may be deep, but what counts is not the fifths you flat or ninths you raise, but the reaction of the people. This is Jazz you can move and dance to... yet no matter how entrenched in gospel and the blues it gets, it is never simple. He would reach for notes and extensions and wrote changes that took Jazz in entirely new directions, but he never lost concept of where the pocket was and the spiritual undertones of Jazz. His hooks and perspectives would almost single handedly help people redifine their conception of Jazz.

While Song For My Father (actually Filthy McNasty is one of my faves) isn't on this one, unless you have every tune in this collection on your shelves, don't pass this up. This is a listen that will make you lose yourself.

When you're finished check out treatments of his songs by other great artists who've either done adaptations of his songs or have been heavily influence by him such as Eddie Jefferson, Charles Earland, Les McCann, George Benson and countless others. Appreciate the enormous energy and tightness of a living Jazz institution.

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The Best of Lou Donaldson, Vol. 1: (1957-1967) Lou Donaldson Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Boogaloo | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005GW4 Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

1. Grits & Gravy
2. Groovin' High
3. Blues Walk
4. Light-Foot
5. Mack The Knife
6. Here 'Tis
7. Sow Belly Blues
8. Sweet Slumber
9. Alligator Boogaloo

Average customer rating: Mixed feelings Wonderful! Eliane Elias fan for life!

The Best of Eliane Elias, Vol. 1: Originals Eliane Elias Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dreamer Sings Jobim Brazilian Classics Kissed by Nature Everything I Love ASIN: B00005BJBQ Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. Back In Time
2. A Long Story
3. Just Kidding
4. Life Goes On
5. Caipora
6. An Up Dawn
7. Fantasia (To Amanda)
8. Paulistana
9. So In Love
10. The Time Is Now
11. That's All It Was
12. Bowing To Bud
13. Nightimer
14. At First Sight

Amazon.com

The beautiful pianist Eliane Elias, who stole the show on the documentary and soundtrack Calle 54, arrived in this country from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the early '80s, performed with the group Steps Ahead and recorded for the Blue Note label. This CD is comprised of selected tracks from her recordings A Long Story, Fantasia, The Three Americas, Everything I Love, So Far, So Close, and Paulistana, all of which display her tasteful and eclectic musicality. Her compositions range from the elegantly funky "Just Kidding" and the classically refined "Fantasia (to Amanda)" to the Caribbean/South American numbers "Caipora," "The Time Is Now," and "Paulistana." Her debts to Herbie Hancock and Bud Powell are evident on her straight-ahead jazz ballad "That's All It Was" and her boppish "Bowing to Bud." Recording with bassist Christian McBride, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and the brother duo of saxophonist and trumpeter Michael and Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias has produced a body of work that excels on the bandstand and on the radio. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Mixed feelings.......2005-04-15

Eliane Elias is one of the best musicians, without doubt. This CD is good. Sometimes she reminds me of Tania Maria, the next song is more ballad and smooth. Definitely her playing is tremendous, technically quite good. The track Night Timer reminds me then on Steps Ahead. Mix it a lot. Follow this beautifull piano diva!

Wonderful!.......2001-07-05

I was so excited to see this album out! I am a huge Eliane Elias fan and this CD compiles many of her early recording that have now been discontinued. I loved this album and I know her fans will, too...Thanks!

Eliane Elias fan for life!.......2001-06-28

I was so absolutely THRILLED about this "Best of" CD from Eliane!! I know all her fans will enjoy it. To me, she is THE most underrated artist that's out there. In fact, I created the very first fan site in her honor at: www.eliane.musicpage.com. I welcome everyone to visit the site and leave your thoughts and comments about this truly remarkable jazz musician. Thanks!

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The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 1 Grant Green Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Boogaloo | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 Idle Moments ASIN: B000005GW5 Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

1. Miss Ann's Tempo
2. 'Round Midnight
3. Blues In Maude's Flat
4. Speak Low
5. Idle Moments
6. Ezz-Thetic

Average customer rating: The Executive Summary

Roost Years, Vol. 1: The Best of Stan Getz Stan Getz Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002UZZ Release Date: 1991-11-19

Tracks:

1. Gone With The Wind
2. Yesterdays
3. Hershey Bar
4. Imagination
5. Split Kick
6. It Might As Well Be Spring
7. Parker '51
8. Signal
9. Everything Happens To Me
10. Budo
11. Potter's Luck
12. Wild Wood
13. Autumn Leaves
14. Lullaby Of Birdland
15. Moonlight In Vermont
16. Sometimes I'm Happy

Amazon.com

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was at the peak of his popularity after his featured role as one of the "Four Brothers" in Woody Herman's band of the late 1940s. His breathy, post-Lester Young ballad style would go on to become one of the most recognizable sounds of 1950s jazz. The Best of the Roost Years shows Getz in the starring role with great sidemen, including the exceptionally sympathetic guitarist Jimmy Raney, pianists Horace Silver, Al Haig, and Duke Jordan, and various rhythm section components including bassist Tommy Potter and drummer Roy Haynes. "Autumn Leaves" sums up the Getz appeal. --John Swenson

Customer Reviews:

The Executive Summary.......2000-11-23

This single CD is a compilation from Getz' early 50's recordings for the Roost label. I highly recommend the 3 CD set, which is marvelously assembled and packaged, but if for some reason you need a sampler this is a good one. The sound quality is a tad under par due to recording limitations of Roost apparently, but this collection and its big brother showcase one of the four brothers just as he broke out and began to come of age on his own. The chemistry with guitarist Jimmy Raney is sometimes breathtaking. Highly recommended.

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1. The Best of Bud Powell
2. The Best of Quincy Jones, Vol. 2
3. The Honeydripper
4. Things Are Getting Better [Import] [Original recording remastered]
5. Tribute to Miles
6. Two Sides of Doc Severinsen
7. Yes Indeed!
8. A True Trombone Master
9. Above the Clouds
10. Ahead of the Wind

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