Various Artists - Blue 'N' Soul: Hear It Through The Grapevine (2001)

EU Import (not to be confused with a similarly-titled 1992 US Blue Note release)

Even though it never states it is part of a series on the cover or in the liner notes, I'm tempted to declare this disc to be a fantastic entry in Blue Note Records' series of CD compilations titled The Blue Series. This disc highlights '60s & '70s jazz cover tunes of soul hits originally recorded by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, and Booker T & The MGs.

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

Tracks: 14 tracks, 76 minutes. If you like what Ramsey Lewis did with The In Crowd back in 1965, check these out, particularly my many top choices marked with a ✔.

Song	Artist	Year
Me & Mrs Jones	Ronnie Foster	1973	✔
Soul Limbo	Candido	1969	✔
Ain't That Peculiar	Big John Patton	1966	✔
Reach Out (I'll Be There)	Hank Mobley	1968
If You Really Love Me	Grant Green	1972	✔
I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Earl Klugh	1976
Mr. Big Stuff	Reuben Wilson	1971	✘
Feel Like Making Love	Marlena Shaw	1975	✔
Pillow Talk	Lou Donaldson	1973
As	Gene Harris	1977	✔
Just My Imagination	Donald Byrd	1975	✔
People Make The World Go Round	Bobby Hutcherson	1975
Think	Lonnie Smith	1968	✔
Can't Hide Love	Carmen McRae	1976	✔

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None