Blue Funk

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724353085520
EAN: 0724353085520
ASIN: B000058US8

Release Date: 2001-04-10

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Tracks:

Who Dun It? - Blue Mitchell
Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud) - Lou Donaldson
Cissy Strut - Big John Patton
Ease Back - Grant Green
Hunk O' Funk - Jack McDuff
Tic Tac Toe - Candido
Down Home Funk - Richard "Groove" Holmes
Cantaloupe Woman - Grant Green
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) - Grant Green
Don't Knock My Love - Ronnie Foster
If There's A Hell Below - Lou Donaldson
Bambu - Reuben Wilson
Family Affair - Bobby Hutcherson

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Customer Reviews:

* This Is Magic Funk *.......2006-09-22

Listen to those sound samples! If this music is for you, it'll hit you right away.

Blue Note's "Blue Funk" is absolutely chock-full of soul/jazz/funk magic. Don't come looking for any lightweight stuff, 'cause this 2001 release is no joke...this is the real spirit of funk; down, dirty, and transcendent. If you prefer your funk on the more jazzy tip, as opposed to a more "rock" or "pop" style, then this may be your new favorite compilation. "Blue Funk" is all about swirling b3 organ, greasy, TIGHT horn lines, shifting rhythmic funk patterns, flying bongos, tight, tight, TIGHT rhythm guitar, and the ALL-MIGHTY drum & bass GROOVE. Tightness really is key here, as it's the tightness that keeps things fresh and prevents the whole excursion from being weighed down by repetition and sloppiness, which is the downfall of some funk music. The funky format here also prevents too much decadent, ponderous soloing (while there is a place for such exploration, this is not it). The music on "Blue Funk" is about the beat, the forward-motion of the rhythm, and the sustained buoyancy of the groove. The groove here, by the way, achieves the enormous feat of being heavy and deep, as well as clean and crisp...simultaniously.

I've enjoyed several of the Blue Note "blue" compilations, notably the "Blue N' Groovy," "Blue Breakbeats," and "So Blue, So Funky" sets, and as great as they are, they CAN be a little uneven. "Blue Funk," on the other hand, is so rhythmically engaging, so absolutely cohesive and refreshing that it never, EVER gets old. The choice of tunes here is phenomenal. Some of these grooves, such as the friendly old-school shuffle of "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" may be permanently etched into your DNA, and you'll be a better person for it. In the end, there is so much flawless music out there to be grooved to, that the eclectic listener has precious little time for anything but the cream, and the CREAM is what's delivered here. "Blue Funk" is the best of the best of the best. For me, there is no better single-disc, various artist collection of jazzy instrumental funk, period.

Like I said, listen to the sound samples. Sometimes sound samples can be misleading, but the ones presented here are very representative of the magic within this disc.

What a great collection!

Blue Note, WHERE IS VOLUME TWO??!!

The Hills Are Alive With The Sounds of Funk-key...........2003-05-29

...a trunk of funk, a chunk of funk and it stunks of junky funk...

This CD with Blue Note urban jazz masters like Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes, Grant Green and Lou Donaldson. Fabulous renditions of "Don't Knock My Love" and "If There's a Hell Below" and the slow cookin' "Cissy Strut". For funk fans and Dirty Loungers, it doesn't get too much better than this.

Very Funky!.......2001-08-01

I don't know very much about jazz, but something I know is that the blue series from blue note has some great compilations (I also have blue brazil which is an excelent CD). Blue Funk is great jazz funk, not the more comercial funk we are used to, but very good (and jazzy) funk from the late '60 and early '70 made by very good and creative musicians. I specially like "Down Home Funk" by Richard Holmes and the cover of Sly Stone's Family Affair.

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