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...
Blue Note Re:imagined II
Various Artists
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Awards:
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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
- Yazz Ahmed (recordingarranger), Yazz Ahmed (trumpet), Yazz Ahmed (flugelhorn), Martin France (drumkit), Martin France (percussion), Tim Garland (bassclarinet), Tim Garland (sopraninosaxophone), Tim Garland (altosaxophone), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), Samuel Hällkvist (guitar), Naadia Sheriff (piano), Dave Manington (bassguitar)
- Recorded: 2022
- Conor Albert (recordingarranger), Conor Albert (electricguitar), Conor Albert (bassguitar), Conor Albert (piano), Conor Albert (drumprogrammer), Conor Albert (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- Owen Eastwood (recordingarranger), Owen Eastwood (piano), parthenope (recordingarranger), parthenope (vocalist), parthenope (saxophone), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (recordingarranger), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (electricguitar), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (acousticguitar), Hugo Piper (bassguitar), Tom Potter (drumkit), Tom Potter (percussion)
- Recorded: 2022-02-09
- Recording Venue: London
- Swindle, Cameron Palmer (piano), Cameron Palmer (keyboard), Cameron Palmer (synthesizer), Neil Waters (recordingarranger), Neil Waters (trumpet), Neil Waters (flugelhorn), Shawn Lee (drumkit), Shawn Lee (percussion), Dayna Fisher (bassguitar), Trevor Mires (trombone), Gareth Lockrane (flute), Alex Talan (guitar), Moscow Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (strings)
- Vladimir Podgoretsky
- Recorded: 2022
- Nubiyan Twist, Thomas Excell (electricguitar), Thomas Excell (congas), Thomas Excell (synthesizer), Thomas Excell (tambourine), Thomas Excell (programmer), Nicholas Richards (vocalist), Nicholas Richards (altosaxophone), Pilo Adami (vocalist), Pilo Adami (percussion), Denis Scully (tenorsaxophone), Jonny Enser (trumpet), Joe Henwood (baritonesaxophone), Oliver Cadman (piano), Oliver Cadman (keyboard), Finn Booth (drumkit), Luke Wynter (bassguitar), Ria Moran (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Eun (bass), Eun (piano), Eun (keyboard), Eun (drumkit), Ego Ella May (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022-03-20
- Oscar #Worldpeace, Oscar Jerome (vocalist), Oscar Jerome (guitar), Oscar Jerome (percussion), Oscar Jerome (drumprogrammer), Oscar Jerome (bassprogrammer), Oscar Antwi-Nyanin (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Ria Moran (vocalist), Daniel Casimir (doublebass), James Copus (trumpet), Sarah Tandy (piano), Richard Spaven (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022
- Theon Cross (tuba), Theon Cross (recordingarranger), Emre Ramazanoglu (drumkit), Emre Ramazanoglu (recordingarranger)
- Recorded: 2021-12-15
- Recording Venue: Hoxa HQ, London
- Maya Delilah (vocalist), Stephen Barnes (coarranger), Maya Shoul (coarranger), Maya Delilah (guitar)
- Recorded: 2022
- Kay Young (vocalist), Kay Young (keyboard), Kay Young (drumkit), Kay Young (recordingarranger), Kay Young (programmer), Aaron Wood (flugelhorn), Krzysztof Syposz (bass), Isabella Baker (violin), Isabella Baker (viola), Liz Lester (cello)
- Recorded: 2022-02-27
- Recording Venue: London
- Venna, Marco Bernardis (recordingarranger), Marco Bernardis (tenorsaxophone), Marco Bernardis (bass), Marco Bernardis (piano), Marco Bernardis (guitar), Malik Venner (recordingarranger), Malik Venner (altosaxophone), Malik Venner (vocalist), Malik Venner (drumkit), Alex Bourt (percussion), Fabienne Holloway (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Reuben James (recordingarranger), Reuben James (vocalist), Reuben James (piano), Tamuz Dolev (drumkit), Carrtoons (bassguitar)
- Recorded: 2022-03-20
- Recording Venue: Rubywonder Studios
- Binker Golding (tenorsaxophone), Binker Golding (recordingarranger), Billy Adamson (guitar), Sarah Tandy (piano), Jamie Murray (drumkit), Max Luthert (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2022-03-06
- Recording Venue: Lightship 95 Studio
- CHERISE, Tobie Tripp (piano), Tobie Tripp (organ), Tobie Tripp (strings), Tobie Tripp (guitar), Cherise Adams-Burnett (vocalist), Cherise Adams-Burnett (guitar), Sam Michnik (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022
- Franc Moody, Ned Wyndham (guitar), Ned Wyndham (vocalist), Jon Moody (keyboard), Jon Moody (vocalist), Jon Moody (oboe), Jon Moody (programmer)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- YellowStraps (vocalist), YellowStraps (keyboard), YellowStraps (programmer), Jalam88 (guitar), Jalam88 (keyboard), Jalam88 (programmer), VCDF (bass), VCDF (keyboard)
- Recorded: 2022-03
- Recording Venue: France
Spotlight on this release
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Blue Note Records, 'Blue Note Re:imagined II'
30th Sep 2022
The second volume of Blue Note Re:imagined again sees the best up-and-coming jazz, soul and R&B artists from the UK let loose into the Blue Note vaults, with brilliant results.
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.
