Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Recado Bossa Nova - Hank Mobley
2. Chili Peppers - Duke Pearson
3. Swingin' The Samba - Horace Silver
4. Mambo Inn - Grant Green
5. Book's Bossa - Donald Byrd
6. Samba De Orfeu - Charlie Rouse
7. South Of The Border - Lou Donaldson
8. Senorita Eula - Don Wilkerson
9. Latona - John Patton
10. Niger Mambo - Stanley Turrentine
11. B.G. Mambo - Bennie Green

Disc 2:

1. A Night In Tunisia - Art Blakely & The Jazz Messengers
2. Ghana - Donald Byrd
3. The Cape Verdean Blues - Horace Silver
4. Congalegre - Horace Parlan
5. Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso - Sabu L. Martinez
6. Sandella Dela - Duke Pearson
7. Mira - Andrew Hill
8. Chitlins Con Carne - Kenny Burrell
9. Back Down To The Tropics - Charlie Rouse
10. Shu Shu - Ike Quebec
11. Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
12. Manha De Carnival - Dexter Gordon
13. Upa Neguinho - Duke Pearson

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131660 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Compilation
• 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.