Various Artists - The Blue Series Sampler: Celebrating 10 Years of Blue Note (2001)

UK Import

I've slowly developed a fascination with Blue Note's Blue Series but have been unable to find a complete listing, so I bought this disc in hopes that it would help me make a list of the series' discs. Come to find out it's an import disc and the Blue Series was different in the UK than it was here in the US. So it didn't help me with my list, but it's still a great compilation - not a stinker among the ten tracks (the standout track to these ears this time around is Doin' Something by Soulive, but the Crusaders cover is a close second). Now let's cross our collective fingers and hope I don't get all "compulsive completist" on this import series and hunt down every disc, otherwise I'll need to pick up an extra job.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Not released in US

Tracks:

1. Beggar For The Blues by Patti Drew (1973). Appears on the UK vinyl release The Best of Capitol Rare; previously on this blog on Capitol Rare: Funky Notes From The West Coast, Vol. 2.
2. Sookie Sookie by Tina Britt (1967). Appears on the UK release The Best of Blue Juice.
3. The Monkey by Dave Bartholomew (1957). Appears on the UK release Blue Orleans: Blue Notes From Basin Street.
4. Happy Johnny by Don Wilkerson (1963). Appears on the UK vinyl release Maximum Rhythm & Blue: The Allnighter From Blue Note.
5. Doin' Something by Soulive (2001). Appears on the the UK release New Blue: Blue Note Now!
6. Get Back by Jazz Crusaders (1969). Appears on the UK release From Me To Blue: Fab Gear From Blue Note.
7. Homenagem A Mongo by Som Tres (1969). Appears on the UK release Best Of Blue Brazil; previously on this blog on Blue Brazil: Blue Note in a Latin Groove.
8. The Griots by Andrew Hill (1966). Appears on the UK release A Blue Conception.
9. Footprints by Wayne Shorter (1967). Appears on the UK release Kind Of Blue - Blue Note Celebrates The Music Of Miles Davis.
10. No Room For Squares by Hank Mobley (1963). Appears on the UK release True Blue - The Jazz Message From Blue Note.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None - just recently bought it off the eBay for $2.67.

Previously revisited for the blog:
Blue Bacharach: A Cooler Shaker (1999)
Blue Brazil: Blue Note in a Latin Groove (1999)
Capitol Rare: Funky Notes From The West Coast (1999)
Capitol Rare: Funky Notes From The West Coast, Vol. 2 (1999)
Capitol Rare: Funky Notes From The West Coast, Vol. 3 (1999)
Blue Bossa: Cool Cuts from the Tropics (1991)
Blue Bossa, Vol. 2: Cool Cuts from the Tropics (1999)
Blue Break Beats (1992)
Blue Beat: Blue Note Plays The Music Of Lennon And McCartney (1991)