The Blue Note Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Sao Paolo
  7:19
• 2
  Blue Bossa
  8:00
• 3
  Recorda Me
  6:03
• 4
  Sweet and Lovely
  7:47
• 5
  Our Thing
  5:36
• 6
  Idle Moments
  14:57
  3.0 ★
• 7
  McNeil Island
  2:58
• 8
  Gary's Notebook
  6:08
• 9
  The Right Time
  7:15
• CD 2
• 1
  Refuge
  12:17
• 2
  In 'n' Out
  10:26
• 3
  Mamacita
  11:03
• 4
  The Kicker
  5:25
• 5
  Que Pasa
  7:47
• 6
  Amanda
  9:20
• 7
  Isotope
  9:17
• 8
  El Barrio
  7:12
• CD 3
• 1
  Pax
  7:15
• 2
  Malagueña
  9:00
• 3
  Lazy Afternoon
  5:33
• 4
  Nutville
  7:15
  5.0 ★
• 5
  If
  6:44
• 6
  Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
  6:23
• 7
  Mode for Joe
  8:01
• 8
  Caribbean Fire Dance
  6:43
• 9
  Nite Flite
  7:39
• 10
  8/4 Beat
  6:57
• CD 4
• 1
  Black Circle
  6:56
• 2
  Gaslight
  6:00
• 3
  Big Bertha
  5:58
• 4
  Blues on the Corner
  5:59
• 5
  The Prisoner
  7:57
• 6
  Don't Get Sassy
  9:40
• 7
  Isotope
  9:56
• 8
  Y Ya La Quiero
  6:40
• 9
  Summer Night
  8:27

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Release credits

• Al Foster
  drums (drum set) [7, 7-8, 8]
• Al Harewood
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Albert “Tootie” Heath
  drums (drum set) [4.5, 2.3]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [3.2-10, 4.1, 4.4, 2.1-5, 2.7-8, 1.2-9]
• Andrew Hill
  piano [2.1, 1.5, 1.7]
• Barry Harris
  piano [8]
• Billy Drummond
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Billy Higgins
  drums (drum set) [1.8, 3.9-10, 4.1]
• Blue Mitchell
  trumpet [4]
• Bob Cranshaw
  double bass [3.4, 3.9, 1.6, 1.8, 2.6-8]
• Bobby Hutcherson
  vibraphone [1.6, 4.1, 3.7-8, 3.10]
• Buster Williams
  bass [5], double bass [5]
• Butch Warren
  double bass [1-3]
• Carmell Jones
  trumpet [4-5]
• Cedar Walton
  piano [7-8]
• Clarence Johnston
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Curtis Fuller
  trombone [7-8]
• David Baker
  recording [7-8]
• Donald Byrd
  trumpet [6]
• Duke Pearson
  piano [4.2-3, 1.6, 2.6], producer [5]
• Eddie Khan
  bass [5]
• Eddie Wright
  guitar [9]
• Elvin Jones
  drums (drum set) [3.5-6, 4.4, 2.2, 2.7-8]
• Eric Dolphy
  alto saxophone [1], bass clarinet [1], flute [1]
• Freddie Hubbard
  trumpet [2-3]
• Freddie Roach
  organ [9]
• Garnett Brown
  trombone [5]
• Gene Taylor
  bass [4]
• Grant Green
  guitar [6]
• Herbie Hancock
  electric piano [5], piano [4.5, 1.1, 1.4]
• Herbie Lewis
  bass [4.1, 3.10]
• Horace Silver
  piano [2.4-5, 3.4]
• Hubert Laws
  flute [5]
• Ira Coleman
  bass [9]
• J.J. Johnson
  trombone [4]
• James Spaulding
  alto saxophone [2.6, 4.2-3], flute [4.2-3, 2.6]
• Jerome Richardson
  bass clarinet [5]
• Jim Anderson
  assistant [7, 7-8, 8]
• Joe Chambers
  drums (drum set) [7-8]
• Joe Henderson
  alto flute [5], tenor saxophone, woodwind [5]
• Johnny Coles
  flugelhorn [5]
• Kenny Dorham
  trumpet [1.1-3, 1.5, 2.1-3]
• Larry Young
  organ [5-6]
• Lee Morgan
  trumpet [3.7-9, 1.8]
• Leo Wright
  alto saxophone [4]
• McCoy Tyner
  piano [2.2, 2.7-8, 4.1, 4.4, 3.9-10, 1.2-3]
• Michael Cuscuna
  producer [4.7-8, 2.1]
• Mickey Roker
  drums (drum set) [2.6, 4.2-3]
• Pete La Roca
  drums (drum set) [1.2-3, 1.5, 3.2-3]
• Renee Rosnes
  piano [9]
• Richard Davis
  double bass [2.1-3, 1.7]
• Roger Humphries
  drums (drum set) [3.4, 2.4-5]
• Ron Carter
  double bass [4.2-4, 4.7, 4.7-8, 4.8, 3.7-8]
• Roy Brooks
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [6], recording [4.1, 4.4-5, 1.2-5, 1.7-9, 3.2-10, 2.1-5, 2.7-8]
• Stanley Crouch
  producer [7-8]
• Steve Kuhn
  piano [2-3]
• Steve Swallow
  bass [2-3]
• Steve Wilson
  alto saxophone [9], soprano saxophone [9]
• Theodore "Teddy" Smith
  double bass [4-5]
• Tommy Flanagan
  piano [3]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [5]
• Tony Williams
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 2.1]
• Woody Shaw
  trumpet [4-6]
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Issues

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  The Blue Note Years

  4x CD (BMG club edition)
  1993
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  The Blue Note Years

  4x CD
  1993