VARIOUS - Blue Note Re:Imagined (gatefold 2xLP)

Format: gatefold 2xLP
Genre: Jazz
SKU: PD68005520

Here's a great example of a simple idea, brilliantly executed. It sees artists from the UK's contemporary musical underground - most, though not all, with roots in jazz - re-make tracks from the Blue Note catalogue in their own personal style. The result is a series of sublime and sometimes surprising covers, with highlights including Jorja Smith's deliciously bluesy and soulful nu-jazz take on St Germain's 'Rose Rouge', a sumptuous interpretation of Donald Byrd's smooth jazz-funk classic 'Wind Parade' courtesy of Jordan Rakei, Skinny Pelembe's Afro-tinged cosmic jazz version of the Sam Rivers Sextet's 'Illusion', a spacey, ultra-deep re-imagining of Eddie Henderson's 'Galaxy' by Alfa Mist and an incredible, classic-sounding recording of Dinah Washington favourite 'I'll Never Stop Loving You' by Yazmin Lacey.

Tracklist

Side 1
1.Jorja Smith - "Rose Rouge"
2.Ezra Collective - "Footprints"
3.Poppy Ajudha - "Watermelon Man (Under The Sun)"
4.Jordan Rakei - "Wind Parade"

Side 2
1.Skinny Pelembe - "Illusion (Silly Apparition)"
2.Alfa Mist - "Galaxy"
3.Ishmael Ensemble - "Search For Peace"

Side 3
1.Nubya Garcia - "A Shade Of Jade"
2.Steam Down - "Etcetera" (feat Afronaut Zu)
3.Blue Lab Beats - "Montara"
4.Yazmin Lacey - "I’ll Never Stop Loving You"

Side 4
1.Fieh - "Armageddon"
2.Mr Jukes - "Maiden Voyage"
3.Shabaka Hutchings - "Prints Tie"
4.Melt Yourself Down - "Caribbean Fire Dance"
5.Emma Jean Thackray - "Speak No Evil/Night Dreamer"