Herbie Nichols - The Complete Blue Note Recordings (1987)
Artist: Herbie Nichols
Title: The Complete Blue Note Recordings
Year Of Release: 1987
Label: Mosaic Records: MD3-118
Genre: Hard Bop, Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 03:31:54
Total Size: 1.12 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Complete Blue Note Recordings
Year Of Release: 1987
Label: Mosaic Records: MD3-118
Genre: Hard Bop, Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 03:31:54
Total Size: 1.12 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1 {01:08:57}
01. The Third World (4:13)
02. The Third World (alternate take) (5:01)
03. Step Tempest (5:13)
04. Dance Line (4:28)
05. Blue Chopsticks (4:24)
06. Double Exposure (alternate take) (4:07)
07. Double Exposure (3:25)
08. Cro-Magnon Nights (4:43)
09. Cro-Magnon Nights (alternate take) (4:52)
10. It Didn't Happen (alternate take) (5:14)
11. Amoeba's Dance (4:33)
12. Brass Rings (alternate take) (5:26)
13. Brass Rings (4:03)
14. 2300 Skiddoo (alternate take) (4:33)
15. 2300 Skiddoo (4:42)
CD2 {01:11:57}
01. Shuffle Montgomery (alternate take) (5:14)
02. It Didn't Happen (4:16)
03. Crisp Day (3:47)
04. Shuffle Montgomery (4:12)
05. The Gig (4:26)
06. Applejackin' (alternate take) (4:32)
07. Hangover Triangle (4:01)
08. Lady Sings the Blues (4:25)
09. Chit Chatting (4:03)
10. House Party Starting (5:39)
11. The Gig (alternate take) (4:13)
12. Furthermore (alternate take #1) (3:44)
13. Furthermore (3:40)
14. 117th Street (alternate take) (4:54)
15. 117th Street (4:49)
16. Sunday Stroll (6:02)
CD3 {01:11:00}
01. Nick at T's (3:34)
02. Furthermore (alternate take #2) (3:44)
03. Terpsichore (4:00)
04. 'Orse at Safari (4:17)
05. Applejackin' (alternate take) (4:50)
06. Applejackin' (4:31)
07. Wildflower (4:06)
08. Mine (alternate take) (4:04)
09. Mine (4:04)
10. Trio (3:48)
11. Trio (alternate take) (4:00)
12. The Spinning Song (alternate take) (5:49)
13. The Spinning Song (4:55)
14. Riff Primitif (4:12)
15. Riff Primitif (alternate take) (4:11)
16. Query (alternate take) (3:30)
17. Query (3:25)
Although his originals were often quite orchestral in nature, Nichols only had the opportunity to record in a trio format; the five sessions on this box (30 songs plus 18 alternate takes) feature either Al McKibbon or Teddy Kotick on bass and Art Blakey or Max Roach on drums. The music (all originals except George Gershwin's "Mine") is virtually unclassifiable, and although largely straight-ahead, sounds unlike anything produced by Herbie Nichols' contemporaries. Essential music.