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Why must you get the Blue Note Years boxed set ?, March 25, 1999
This review is from: The Blue Note Years (Audio CD)
Everything about this box oozes passion, insight, taste, understanding.
The box itself, the book and its wonderful Frank Wolff photographs, the very good notes that come with each CD.
Do I like every recording ? Nope. Do I feel that all choices are relevant ? I think probably not. Is this really an exhaustive overview? Heck, no! But I forget all that when I take the box in my hands, read some of the materials, listen to some tracks: this is the work of people totally absorbed by jazz, totally committed to sharing their passion. It's a tribute to the Blue Note label and its founders, to the artists and their music, and to everyone of us who cares about jazz.
My advice? Go out now, get your copy!
André
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The best jazz collection out there..., July 6, 2008
This review is from: The Blue Note Years (Audio CD)
I bought this sprawling box set when it first came out in 1998, and ten years later, I still listen to it regularly. Simply put, the musicians featured on these discs reads like a whose who list of the best jazz players of the 20th century assembled together on the best jazz label in existence! If you are new to jazz or a returning customer, this is the set to buy. Highly recommended!
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I Give It 500 Stars, August 14, 2001
This review is from: The Blue Note Years (Audio CD)
Simply put, Blue Note was and still is the premire jazz label on the planet! This compilation distills the the essence of the finest jazz illuninarires of the 20th century.
Where else can one find master-works by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Sidney Bechet, Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly, Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Tadd Dameron, Art Blakey, Sonny Clarke, Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Tony Williams, Joe Lovano, Sonny Rollins and more?
With a roster like this, it's like putting together a baseball team comprised of every player enshrined in Cooperstown. If you want to own just one jazz anthology, look no further. This is the one to get.
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