Blue Note Plays Sting

Blue Note Plays Sting

Blue Note Plays Sting

ASIN: B00074CC7I

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Ray Charles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sting and Prince have been among the most original and influential artists to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century. Jazz musicians have always had a keen ear for pop tunes of lasting quality since Coleman Hawkins covered "Body And Soul". Blue Note celebrates the work of these great artist/songwriters with four all-star collections that gather inventive, defining versions of some of their most celebrated work.

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Blue Note Plays Sting
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Mostly a repackaging of Bob Belden's 1991 album
 Blue Note Plays Sting
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00074CC7I
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

  1. Fragile - Cassandra Wilson
  2. Roxanne
  3. Wrapped Around Your Finger
  4. Straight To The Heart
  5. Every Breath You Take
  6. Sister Moon
  7. They Dance Alone
  8. I Burn For You
  9. Tea In The Sahara - Flavio Boltro
  10. Oh My God (Live) - Kurt Elling
  11. Fragile - Freddie Hubbard

Album Description

Ray Charles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sting and Prince have been among the most original and influential artists to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century. Jazz musicians have always had a keen ear for pop tunes of lasting quality since Coleman Hawkins covered "Body And Soul". Blue Note celebrates the work of these great artist/songwriters with four all-star collections that gather inventive, defining versions of some of their most celebrated work.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Mostly a repackaging of Bob Belden's 1991 album.......2005-04-18

Despite its potential, this compilation feels like it was put together without enough variety of material to make it interesting.

7 of this compilation's 11 tracks are taken from Bob Belden's very good 1991 Blue Note album "Straight to My Heart: The Music of Sting" (which itself includes 4 more tracks not included here). Good stuff, but nothing new - pick up the original if you're interested in Belden's original interpretations of Sting's songs.

The remaining 4 non-Belden tracks on this disc are innocuous enough, but not worth seeking out. Artists include Cassandra Wilson, Freddie Hubbard, Flavio Boltro, and Kurt Elling. Only Elling's is at all original - the other 3 have a sort of smooth jazz/elevator music feel - certainly no extended improv or other interesting reinterpretations of the material.

Belden's complete disc is better than just these excerpts, and if you want the other tracks, get them on the original artist's albums.
Blue Note Plays Sting
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Blue Note Plays Sting
    Various Artists
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0006ULVKC
    Release Date: 2006-08-01

    Tracks:

    1. Fragile - Cassandra Wilson
    2. Roxanne - Bob Belden, Tim Hagans
    3. Wrapped Around Your Finger - Bob Belden, Dianne Reeves, John Scofield
    4. Straight to My Heart - Bob Belden, Tim Hagans
    5. Every Breath You Take - Bob Belden, Mark Ledford, Kirk Whalum
    6. Sister Moon - Bob Belden, , Bobby Watson
    7. They Dance Alone - Bob Belden, Rick Margitza
    8. I Burn for You - Bob Belden, Jimi Tunnell
    9. Tea on the Sahara - Flavio Boltro
    10. Oh My God [Live] - Kurt Elling
    11. Fragile - Freddie Hubbard
    Blue Note Plays Sting
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Blue Note Plays Sting
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Blue Note
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      Smooth JazzSmooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0007INZV6
      Release Date: 2005-03-21

      Tracks:

      1. Fragile - Cassandra Wilson
      2. Roxanne - Bob Belden, Tim Hagans
      3. Wrapped Around Your Finger - Bob Belden, Dianne Reeves, John Scofield
      4. Straight to My Heart - Bob Belden, Tim Hagans
      5. Every Breath You Take - Bob Belden, Mark Ledford, Kirk Whalum
      6. Sister Moon - Bob Belden, , Bobby Watson
      7. They Dance Alone - Bob Belden, Rick Margitza
      8. I Burn for You - Bob Belden, Jimi Tunnell
      9. Tea on the Sahara - Flavio Boltro
      10. Oh My God [Live] - Kurt Elling
      11. Fragile - Freddie Hubbard

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