Various Artists - Blue 'N' Groovy, Volume 2: Mostly Modal (1999)

From the CD liner notes: "We return bringing with us some of the most fingerpoppin', dancefloor friendly, soul-imbued jazz ever committed to vinyl."

From Allmusic: "Blue Note Records hit its creative peak in the late '60s, a time when jazz was being flooded with influences from across the musical spectrum and around the world. Blue 'n Groovy 2 captured the crackling energy of this time, and shows the funk, soul, and Latin infused grooves of artists like the Jazz Messangers [sic], McCoy Tyner, Lee Morgan, and Art Pepper."

From the Dusty Groove website: "Another one of those great Blue Note comps put together by UK djs, and a lot more sophisticated (and just plain better!) than any of the comps they put out in the U.S. The focus here is on great modal jazzy groovers, and not organ or guitar breakbeat cuts. The tracks are long, with great solos"

From The CD Project: What a fantastic sampler! There's plenty of fun, grooving modal blues to be found here in the guise of boogaloo, r&b, Latin, bop and any and all variations/fusions.

Part of Blue Note's fantastic "Blue Series" compilations from the '90s:

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks:

1. The Flip - Hank Mobley
   From the 1970 album, the Flip
2. And Satisfy - Stanley Turrentine
   From the 1966 album, Rough 'N' Tumble
3. Dixie Lee - Donald Byrd
   From the 1967 album, Mustang
4. Greasy - Jackie McLean
   From the 1959 album, New Soil
5. A Little Busy - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
   Taken from the 1967 album, The Witch Doctor
6. Mambo De La Pinta - Art Pepper
   Taken from the 1957 album, The Return Of Art Pepper
7. Mamacita - Blue Mitchell
   Recorded 1963; taken from the 1980 album, Step Lightly
8. Señorita Eula - Don Wilkerson
   Taken from the 1963 album, Elder Don
9. Afreaka - Lee Morgan
   Taken from the 1970 album, The Sixth Sense
10. Wahoo! - Duke Pearson
    Taken from the 1965 album, Wahoo!
11. Message From The Nile - McCoy Tyner
    Taken from the 1973 album, Extensions

My favorites today are The Flip, Greasy, A Little Busy (that Lee Morgan solo!), Afreaka, and Wahoo! (in 5).

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None

Previously revisited for the blog:

Blue Bacharach (1999)	Capitol Rare (1999)
Blue Brazil (1999)	Capitol Rare Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Break Beats (1992)	Capitol Rare Vol 3 (1999)
Blue Beat (1991)	Blue Bossa (1991)
Blue Boogie (1999)	Blue Bossa Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Series Sampler (2001)	Midnight Blue (1999)
So Blue So Funky (1994)