Album Details
Title: Blue Break Beats, Vol. 1 Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 1992 Label: Blue Note Duration: 78:47 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Instrumental UPCs: 077779910625, 077779910656 Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul, Funk, Disco, Urban, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Early Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Track Listings
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Grooving with Mr. G :: Richard "Groove" Holmes
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Sookie Sookie :: Grant Green
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Who's Making Love? :: Lou Donaldson
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Weasil :: Donald Byrd
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Kudu :: Eddie Henderson
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Harlem River Drive :: Bobbi Humphrey
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Blue Juice :: Jimmy McGriff
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The Final Comedown :: Grant Green
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Turtle Walk :: Lou Donaldson
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Your Love Is Too Much :: The Three Sounds
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Blackjack :: Donald Byrd
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Olilloqui Valley :: Herbie Hancock
Additional Releases
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | | 2008 | CD | Blue Note | | | 1993 | CD | Blue Note | 99106 |
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Other Editions
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Album Review
Blue Note released the two-volume Blue Break Beats compilation in the early '90s. The music on Blue Break Beats dates from the late '60s and early '70s, when a large portion of Blue Note's soul-jazz artists began experimenting with funk and rock, creating dense electric fusions that concentrated on rhythm, not improvisation. None of this music has ever received much critical praise from jazz purists, but in the late '80s and early '90s, scores of hip-hop and dance DJs discovered these old records and began sampling the original tracks to use in new rap and dance songs. By the early '90s, this jazz-rap-funk fusion had become hip and profitable, which led Blue Note to assemble the Blue Break Beats compilations. All of the tracks on the two discs are from late '60s and early '70s albums, featuring multi-layered percussion, organs, and guitars. Every song on the two discs -- which are sold separately -- is hot, with a deep funky groove, and there are no dull spots on the albums. Though it's designed to appeal to fans of contemporary funk and rap, fans of rock-influenced soul-jazz will find Blue Break Beats a necessary purchase. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Credits
| Name | Credits | | Al Vescovo | Guitar (Baritone), Guitar | | Anthony Williams | Drums (Snare), Drums | | Billy Hart | Drums, Drums (Snare) | | Billy Higgins | Drums (Snare), Drums | | Bobbi Humphrey | Flute, Performer, Vocals | | Bobbye Hall | Conga | | Bobbye Porter | Conga | | Carl Burnette | Drums, Drums (Snare) | | Cedar Walton | Piano | | Charles Earland | Organ | | Chuck Rainey | Bass (Electric) | | Claude Bartee, Jr. | Sax (Tenor) | | Darryl Washington | Drums (Snare), Drums | | David T. Walker | Guitar (Baritone), Guitar | | Dean Rudland | Compilation, Liner Notes, Compilation Producer | | Donald Byrd | Trumpet, Performer | | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Performer | | Duke Pearson | Piano (Electric) | | Eddie Henderson | Trumpet, Performer, Flugelhorn | | Eddie Piller | Compilation, Compilation Producer | | Eddie Williams | Trumpet | | Fonce Mizell | Clavinet, Trumpet | | Frank Foster | Sax (Tenor) | | Fred Robinson | Guitar, Guitar (Baritone) | | Freddie Hubbard | Flugelhorn, Cornet | | Freddie Perren | Synthesizer | | Gene Harris | Piano | | Gerald Hubbard | Guitar (Baritone), Guitar | | Grant Green | Performer, Guitar, Guitar (Baritone) | | Hadley Caliman | Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Sax (Soprano) | | Hank Mobley | Sax (Tenor) | | Hardey Climan | Flute, Sax (Soprano), Clarinet (Bass) | | Harvey Mason, Sr. | Drums (Snare), Drums | | Herbie Hancock | Performer, Piano | | Idris Muhammad | Drums, Drums (Snare) | | Ike Quebec | Performer | | Jerry Jemmott | Bass (Electric) | | Jerry Peters | Piano, Piano (Electric) | | Jimmy McGriff | Performer, ? | | Jimmy Ponder | Guitar (Baritone), Guitar | | Joe Chambers | Drums (Snare), Drums | | John Richardson | Percussion | | Joseph Armstrong | Conga | | Julian Priester | Trombone | | King Errisson | Percussion | | Leo Morris | Drums | | Lew Tabackin | Flute | | Lou Donaldson | Performer, Sax (Alto) | | Luther Hughes | Bass (Electric) | | Melvin Sparks | Guitar (Baritone), Guitar | | Mike Clarke | Drums (Snare), Drums | | Monk Higgins | Arranger, Organ | | Mtume | Percussion | | Nat Battis | Percussion | | Patrice Rushen | Piano (Electric), Synthesizer, Clavinet | | Paul Humphrey | Percussion | | Paul Jackson | Bass | | Ray Armando | Conga | | Richard "Groove" Holmes | Performer, Organ | | Roland Wilson | Bass | | Ron Brown | Bass (Electric) | | Ron Carter | Bass | | Ronnie Foster | Performer, Organ | | Sonny Red | Sax (Alto) | | Stephanie Spruill | Percussion | | The Three Sounds | Performer, ? | | Tony Williams | Drums | | Walter Booker | Bass | | Weldon Irvine | Piano (Electric) | | William Bivens | Vibraphone | | Woody Theus | Drums, Drums (Snare) |
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