Uncompromising Expression: The Singles Collection
by Various Artists

Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[V]ivid snapshots of the label's electric output, which over eight decades has ranged from boogie-woogie, swing and hard bop to free jazz, fusion and hip hop."
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Format:  Vinyl LP  (5 Records)
item number:  3AV6Y
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Vinyl LP Details

  • Number of Records: 5
  • Released: November 4, 2014
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Blue Note Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Mojo (Publisher) - p.106
4 stars out of 5 -- "[V]ivid snapshots of the label's electric output, which over eight decades has ranged from boogie-woogie, swing and hard bop to free jazz, fusion and hip hop."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Melancholy Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis
  • 2.Reminiscing at Blue Note - Earl Hines
  • 3.Summertime - Sidney Bechet
  • 4.Profoundly Blue - Edmond Hall
  • 5.Doctor Jazz - Art Hodes Chicagoans
  • 6.Topsy - Ike Quebec
  • 7.Tiny's Boogie Woogie - Tiny Grimes
  • 8.Oop-Pop-a-Da - Babs Gonzales
  • 9.Thelonious - Thelonious Monk
  • 10.The Thin Man - Art Blakey
  • 11.Moody's All Frantic - James Moody
  • 12.Double Talk - Fats Navarro
  • 13.Bouncin' With Bud - Bud Powell
  • 14.Born to Be Blue (Instrumental) - Wynton Kelly
  • 15.Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
  • 16.Bags' Groove - Milt Jackson
  • 17.Yesterdays - Miles Davis
  • 18.Roccus - Lou Donaldson
  • 19.Safari - Horace Silver Trio
  • 20.Tempus Fugit - Miles Davis
  • 21.Carvin' the Rock - Lou Donaldson

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Message from Kenya - Art Blakey
  • 2.The Preacher - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
  • 3.The High and the Mighty - Jimmy Smith
  • 4.Brownie Speaks - Clifford Brown
  • 5.Jay - J.J. Johnson
  • 6.Wee - Dot (Live at Birdland, New York, NY / 1954) - Art Blakey
  • 7.Decision - Sonny Rollins
  • 8.D.B. Blues - Kenny Burrell
  • 9.Funk in Deep Freeze (Instrumental) - Hank Mobley
  • 10.Oscalypso - Curtis Fuller
  • 11.Blue Train (Part 1) - John Coltrane
  • 12.Abdallah's Delight - Art Blakey
  • 13.Senor Blues (Vocal Version) - The Horace Silver Quintet

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
  • 2.Tenderly - The Three Sounds
  • 3.Ain't No Use - Bill Henderson
  • 4.Ain't No Use - Sonny Clark
  • 5.Encore (Mono 45) - Bennie Green
  • 6.Moanin' - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
  • 7.Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
  • 8.The Rake - Dizzy Reece
  • 9.What's New - Jackie Mclean
  • 10.One Mint Julep - Freddie Hubbard
  • 11.Little Sheri (45 Single Take) - Stanley Turrentine
  • 12.True Blue - Tina Brooks

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Miss Ann's Tempo - Grant Green
  • 2.Midnight Special - Jimmy Smith
  • 3.One O'Clock Jump - Jimmy Smith
  • 4.Ernie's Tune - Dexter Gordon
  • 5.Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
  • 6.Back at the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
  • 7.The Good Life - Kenny Burrell
  • 8.Our Miss Brooks - Harold Vick
  • 9.Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
  • 10.Elijah - Donald Byrd
  • 11.Blue Frenzy (Alternate Take) - Freddie Hubbard
  • 12.The Sidewinder (Part I) - Lee Morgan
  • 13.The Cape Verdean Blues - Horace Silver

Tracks on Disc 5:

  • 1.Theme from Electric Surfboard - Brother Jack Mcduff
  • 2.Black Byrd - Donald Byrd
  • 3.Chicago, Damn - Bobbi Humphrey
  • 4.Change (Makes You Want to Hustle) - Donald Byrd
  • 5.Always There - Ronnie Laws & Pressure
  • 6.It's Better Than Walkin' Out - Marlena Shaw
  • 7.Thinkin' About Your Body (Live at the Aquarius Theatre, Los Angeles, CA / 1986) - Bobby McFerrin
  • 8.Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3
  • 9.I Can't Stand the Rain - Cassandra Wilson
  • 10.Better Days - Dianne Reeves
  • 11.Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
  • 12.Smells Like Teen Spirit - Robert Glasper
  • 13.It's All over Your Body - José James
  • 14.Modern Blue - Rosanne Cash
  • 15.Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter
  • 16.Holding Onto You - Derrick Hodge

Product Info

  • UPC: 600753550939
  • Shipping Weight: 0.64/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 5 items

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