Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Song For My Father - Horace Silver ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Blue Train - John Coltrane ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Moanin' - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Sidewinder, The - Lee Morgan ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Amen - Donald Byrd ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Born To Be Blue - Grant Green/Ike Quebec ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - US3 ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Turnaround, The - John Patton ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Greasy Granny - Charlie Hunter Trio ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith/Stanley Turrentine ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Soy Califa - Dexter Gordon ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Girl From Ipanema - Elaine Elias ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Thinkin' About Your Body - Bobby McFerrin ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Tupelo Honey - Cassandra Wilson ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. At Last - Dianne Reeves/Lou Rawls ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Because I Love You - Richard Elliot ~ Various Artists | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna. | | This is part of Virgin's Best... Ever! series. | | The Best Blue Note Album in the World Ever may boast a silly title, but it's hard to argue with what's on this double-disc sampler. Not all of the label's greatest artists are here, but everything is representative, showing how hard bop like John Coltrane's "Blue Train" and Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder" coexisted with soul-jazz from Grant Green ("Born to Be Blue"), Jimmy Smith ("Back at the Chickenshack"), and Horace Silver ("Song for My Father"). It is true that US3's "Cantaloop" sounds distinctly out of place here and that the latter-day stuff, no matter how good it is, isn't quite as magical as the classic era, but there's no denying that The Best Blue Note Album in the World Ever provides a lot of bang for the buck. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Felix Cromey (Compilation) |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 08/31/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 20070 | | Label : Blue Note Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724352007028 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Q (7/99, p.129)
- 3 stars (out of 5)
- "...A record which demonstrates how rock acts nick from jazz....Notably, however, this 'is' a jazz record and not Jamiroquai or Sade pretending." |
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