Madlib - Shades Of Blue

For 2014, Blue Note — along with Universal Music Enterprises — is launching a major 75th Anniversary Vinyl Initiative that is dedicated to the proposition that Blue Note's catalog should be readily available at a low cost — featuring high quality pressings and authentic reproductions of Blue Note's iconic packaging.

"The hip-hop producer extraordinaire tackles Blue Note's soul-jazz catalog on his latest project, given free reign to rummage around the fabled label's vaults. On one level, the project makes perfect sense given Madlib's Yesterday's New Quintet work — he clearly has an ear for the Blue Note jazz aesthetic. The remixes and reinventions here are mostly pleasant and even surprising at times — get down with 'Mystic Bounce,' a flip on Ronnie Foster's 'Mystic Brew.'" — Amazon.com

Side 1

Introduction

Slim’s Return

Distant Land

Mystic Bounce

Side 2

Stormy

Blue Note Interlude

Please Set Me at Ease

Funky Blue Note

Alfred Lion Interlude

Side 3

Stepping Into Tomorrow

Andrew Hill Break

Montara

Side 4

Song For My Father

Footprints

Peace/ Dolphin Dance

Outro

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