Special offer. Blue Note Re:imagined II
Various Artists
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
For Re:imagined II, Was let some of the UK’s bright young stars loose in the archive. The result is a selection box of reverb heavy, radio friendly confections (like Ego Ella May’s take on drummer...
Special offer. Blue Note Re:imagined II
Various Artists
Purchase product
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 30th September 2022
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
For Re:imagined II, Was let some of the UK’s bright young stars loose in the archive. The result is a selection box of reverb heavy, radio friendly confections (like Ego Ella May’s take on drummer...
About
Legendary labels Decca Records and Blue Note have joined forces for Blue Note Re:imagined; a brand-new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents.
Blue Note Re:imagined returns this year with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars. Arriving off the back of the widespread international success of the first volume, which topped jazz charts around the globe, Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infuses the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalogue, balancing the genre’s tradition with its future and reflecting the melting pot of talent and diversity within the current scene.
“For more than eight decades the artists of Blue Note Records have continually pushed the envelope of contemporary music, and Blue Note Re:imagined II once again honors that legacy by letting the UK’s most creative young artists reinvent the treasures of the Blue Note catalog through their own lens.” – Blue Note President, Don Was
Contents and tracklist
- Martin France (percussion), Naadia Sheriff (piano), Samuel Hällkvist (guitar), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), Tim Garland (sopranino & alto sax), Tim Garland (bass clarinet), Martin France (drums), Yazz Ahmed (flugelhorn), Yazz Ahmed (trumpet), Dave Manington (bass guitar)
- Recorded: 2022
- Conor Albert (electric guitar), Conor Albert (bass guitar), Conor Albert (piano), Conor Albert (drum programming)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- parthenope (saxophone), Tom Potter (percussion), Tom Potter (drums), Hugo Piper (bass guitar), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (acoustic guitar), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (electric guitar), parthenope (background vocalist), Jamie Holman (background vocalist), Owen Eastwood (background vocalist), Owen Eastwood (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-02-09
- Recording Venue: London
- Moscow Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (strings), Alex Talan (guitar), Gareth Lockrane (flute), Trevor Mires (trombone), Dayna Fisher (bass guitar), Shawn Lee (percussion), Shawn Lee (drums), Neil Waters (flugelhorn), Neil Waters (trumpet), Cameron Palmer (synthesizer), Cameron Palmer (keyboards), Cameron Palmer (piano)
- Vladimir Podgoretsky
- Recorded: 2022
- Nubiyan Twist, Nicholas Richards (alto saxophone), Ria Moran (vocals), Luke Wynter (bass guitar), Finn Booth (drums), Oliver Cadman (keyboards), Oliver Cadman (piano), Joe Henwood (baritone saxophone), Jonny Enser (trumpet), Denis Scully (tenor saxophone), Pilo Adami (percussion), Thomas Excell (tambourine), Thomas Excell (synthesizer), Thomas Excell (conga), Thomas Excell (electric guitar)
- Recorded: 2022
- Ego Ella May (vocal producer), Eun (bass), Eun (piano), Eun (keyboards), Eun (drums)
- Recorded: 2022-03-20
- Oscar #Worldpeace, Oscar Jerome (guitar), Oscar Jerome (percussion), Oscar Jerome (drum programming), Oscar Jerome (bass programming), Oscar Antwi-Nyanin (vocals)
- Recorded: 2022
- Ria Moran (vocals), Daniel Casimir (double bass), James Copus (trumpet), Sarah Tandy (piano), Richard Spaven (drums)
- Recorded: 2022
- Theon Cross (tuba), Emre Ramazanoglu (drums)
- Recorded: 2021-12-15
- Recording Venue: Hoxa HQ, London
- Maya Delilah (guitar)
- Recorded: 2022
- Liz Lester (cello), Isabella Baker (viola), Isabella Baker (violin), Krzysztof Syposz (bass), Aaron Wood (flugelhorn), Kay Young (drums), Kay Young (keyboards)
- Recorded: 2022-02-27
- Recording Venue: London
- Fabienne Holloway (vocals), Alex Bourt (percussion), Malik Venner (drums), Malik Venner (alto saxophone), Marco Bernardis (guitar), Marco Bernardis (piano), Marco Bernardis (bass), Marco Bernardis (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 2022
- Reuben James (piano), Tamuz Dolev (drums), Carrtoons (bass guitar)
- Recorded: 2022-03-20
- Recording Venue: Rubywonder Studios
- Binker Golding (tenor saxophone), Billy Adamson (guitar), Sarah Tandy (piano), Jamie Murray (drums), Max Luthert (double bass)
- Recorded: 2022-03-06
- Recording Venue: Lightship 95 Studio
- CHERISE, Sam Michnik (drums), Cherise Adams-Burnett (guitar), Tobie Tripp (guitar), Tobie Tripp (strings), Tobie Tripp (organ), Tobie Tripp (piano)
- Recorded: 2022
- Franc Moody, Rosetta Carr (background vocalist), Amber-Simone (background vocalist), Jon Moody (oboe), Jon Moody (keyboards), Ned Wyndham (guitar)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- Jalam88 (keyboards), VCDF (keyboards), VCDF (bass), Jalam88 (guitar), YellowStraps (keyboards)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- Recording Venue: France
- Masayuki Hirano (keyboards), Masayuki Hirano (synth bass), Masayuki Hirano (additional vocals), Joy Morales (vocals), Keita Ogawa (percussion)
- Recorded: 2022
Spotlight on this release
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week30th September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
November 2022
For Re:imagined II, Was let some of the UK’s bright young stars loose in the archive. The result is a selection box of reverb heavy, radio friendly confections (like Ego Ella May’s take on drummer Chico Hamilton’s ‘The Morning Side Of Love’) interspersed with more outré numbers, like tubist Theon Cross’s glowering version of Thelonious Monk’s ‘Epistrophy’.
November 2022
Most of these re-imaginings approach the material with a light touch, displaying a clear respect for the intrinsic magic of the source material, while showcasing the creativity of these performers as they play in the sandbox of one of jazz’s most storied catalogs.