Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Recado Bossa Nova (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2005 Digital Remaster)
2. Chili Peppers (1994 Digital Remaster)
3. Swingin' The Samba (Rudy Van Gelder) (2003 Digital Remaster)
4. Mambo Inn
5. Book's Bossa (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2002 Digital Remaster)
6. Samba De Orfeu
7. South Of The Border
8. Senorita Eula (Digitally Remastered)
9. Latona
10. Niger Mambo
11. B.G. Mambo

Disc 2:

1. A Night In Tunisia
2. Ghana
3. The Cape Verdean Blues (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2003 Digital Remaster)
4. Congalegra
5. Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso
6. Sandalia Dela
7. Mira
8. Chitlins Con Carne (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster)
9. Back Down To The Tropics
10. Shu Shu
11. Blue Bossa
12. Manha De Carnaval (2005 Digital Remaster)
13. Upa Neguinho

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200256 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Compilation
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Album Description
2006 two CD compilation series from the team that brought you the Blue Series, the biggest selling Jazz series ever. These compilations will all cover distinct historical and stylistic phases of the label's history, gathering together tracks that are rarely anthologized alongside some of the more well known cuts. Each one will then be housed in a distinctive sleeve that looks like a Blue Note compilation that was done at the specific period covered by the release. Back Down To The Tropics features 24 tracks, including cuts from Hank Mobley, Lou Donaldson, 'Big' John Patton, Donald Byrd, Grant Green and others. Blue Note.

Album Details
The Blue Note Explosion (2CD)IS the New Compilation Series from the Team that Brought You the Blue Series, the Biggest Selling Jazz Series Ever. Main Compiler Dean Rudland Has Compiled Many Successful Compilation Series in Addition to his Work at Blue Note, Including Bgps Super Breaks and Super Funk Compilations and EMI / Stateside's Minnie Riperton 'les Fleurs' and David Axelrod 'anthology'. The Compilations Will all Cover Distinct Historical and Stylistic Phases of the Label's History, Gathering Together Tracks that Are Rarely Anthologised Alongside Some of the More Well Known Cuts. Each One Will Then Be Housed in a Distinctive Sleeve that Looks Like a Blue Note Compilation that was Done at the Specific Period Covered by the Release, but Then Left on a Shelf and Forgotten About Until Now. It Creates a Unique and Wonderfully Blue Note Feel to the Whole Series.