Various Artists - Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning (rel.2003)
Front Cover Album Info
Artist/Composer Various Artists
Title Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Length 146:25 Discs: 2 Tracks: 29
Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case
Label Blue Note Cat. Number 5831792
Style General Jazz Rating
Track list
Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night 72:14
01
Intro From Blue Note Live At The Roxy (Intro) 00:27
02
Black Byrd (Donald Byrd) 05:51
03
I'm A Woman (Minnie Riperton) 03:35
04
The Beat Goes On (Buddy Rich) 04:43
05
Serenade To A Savage (Candido) 04:01
06
Desire On Fire (EDC) 04:14
07
Deb Sombo (Jimmy McGriff) 06:20
08
Elijah (Donald Byrd) 09:01
09
Fever (Patti Drew) 02:37
10
Soul Cha (Joe Torres) 05:05
11
Sookie Sookie (Grant Green) 07:30
12
Groovin' For Mr. G (Richard "Groove" Holmes) 04:00
13
Rose Rouge (St. Germain) 06:18
14
London Lowdown (Ronny Jordan) 08:32
Blue Note Trip - Sunday Morning 74:11
01
Smiling faces sometimes (Bobbi Humphrey) 06:10
02
Save the children (Marlena Shaw) 03:56
03
I love you (A taste of honey) 04:30
04
My little girl (Bobbi Humphrey) 06:25
05
Lush life (Nancy Wilson) 03:23
06
Song for my father (Horace Silver) 07:14
07
As (Gene Harris) 07:30
08
Groove (Bobby Lyle) 04:29
09
Move your hand (Lonnie Smith) 04:49
10
Goin' down south (Bobby Hutcherson) 06:50
11
Ghana spice pt. 1 (Candido) 03:00
12
Afro blue (Dianne Reeves) 03:57
13
Harlem river drive (Eddie Palmeiri) 03:44
14
Book of slim (Gene Harris & the three sounds) 03:17
15
Music is my sanctuary (Gary Bartz) 04:57
Notes
Smoke Notes
This latest compilation from the Blue Note/Capitol set-up is put together with intelligence and love by Dutch radio jock Maestro. In the liner notes he expresses his intense feeling for the music on display, indeed he found inspiration in John Cusack's High Fidelity character, a man for whom music simply dominates his existence. This all lends to a quality album, forty years of simply fantastic music, all sequenced in a mind expanding journey that touches on big band, soul and of course hard bop.
Split into two discs-Saturday night and Sunday morning, Maestro effortlessly lets the music speak for itself providing a smooth mix perfect for either situation. Check out classics like Donald Byrd's influential "Black Byrd", the beautifully sung "I'm A Woman" by Minnie Riperton or smooth organ groove on "Deb Sombo" from Jimmy McGriff, all essential and wide ranging in their impact. By including recent Blue Note hits from St Germain and Ronny Jordan, Maestro manages to create universal and contemporary appeal - and that's just Saturday night.

On the second disc songs like "Lush Life" by Nancy Wilson and "Song For My Father" from Horace Silver are timeless, as touching today as they were decades ago. Elsewhere the Latin funk of Eddie Palmieri's "Harlem River Drive" and soul-jazz forefather Gary Bartz' epic "Music Is My" Sanctuary will bring a smile to even the most cynical sleepy Sunday morning listener. With the quality and scope of one of the most important labels in music on display, you can't really go wrong here. Excellent.