Uncompromising Expression

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2014

Tracklist

  • CD 1: 1939-1953 From Boogie to Bop
  • 1
    Melancholy
    Meade 'Lux' Lewis
    4:07
  • 2
    Reminiscing at Blue Note
    Earl 'Fatha' Hines
    4:28
  • 3
    Summertime
    Sidney Bechet Quintet
    4:10
  • 4
    Profoundly Blue
    Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
    4:08
  • 5
    Doctor Jazz
    Art Hodes and his Chicagoans
    3:09
  • 6
    Topsy
    Ike Quebec Swing Seven
    3:03
  • 7
    Tiny’s Boogie Woogie
    Tiny Grimes Swingtet
    2:59
  • 8
    Oop-Pop-A-Da
    Babs' 3 Bips and a Bop
    2:53
  • 9
    Thelonious
    Thelonious Monk Sextet
    3:00
  • 10
    The Thin Man
    Art Blakey and his Messengers feat. McKinley Durham
    3:00
  • 11
    Moody’s All Frantic
    James Moody and His Bop Men
    2:35
  • 12
    Double Talk
    The McGhee-Navarro Boptet
    5:35
  • 13
    Bouncing With Bud
    Bud Powell's Modernists
    3:04
  • 14
    Born to Be Blue
    Wynton Kelly Trio
    3:28
  • 15
    Straight No Chaser
    The Thelonious Monk Quintet
    2:58
  • 16
    Bags Groove
    Milt Jackson Quintet
    3:05
  • 17
    Yesterdays
    Miles Davis All Stars
    3:45
  • 18
    Roccus
    Lou Donaldson Quartet
    3:24
  • 19
    Safari
    Horace Silver Trio
    2:51
  • 20
    Tempus Fugit
    The Miles Davis All Stars
    3:52
  • 21
    Carvin’ the Rock
    Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown Quintet
    3:56
  • CD 2: 1953-1958 Messengers, Preachers and Hard Bop
  • 1
    Message From Kenya
    Art Blakey & Sabu
    4:35
  • 2
    The Preacher
    Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
    4:18
  • 3
    The High and the Mighty
    Jimmy Smith
    4:21
  • 4
    Brownie Speaks
    Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown Quintet
    3:49
  • 5
    Jay
    J.J. Johnson
    3:41
  • 6
    Wee Dot
    Art Blakey Quintet
    6:52
  • 7
    Decision
    Sonny Rollins
    8:02
  • 8
    D.B. Blues
    Kenny Burrell
    5:49
  • 9
    Funk in Deep Freeze
    Hank Mobley Quintet
    6:48
  • 10
    Oscalypso
    Curtis Fuller
    5:41
  • 11
    Blue Train Part 1
    John Coltrane
    5:17
  • 12
    Abdullah’s Delight
    Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble
    9:48
  • 13
    Senor Blues
    Bill Henderson & The Horace Silver Quintet
    6:13
  • CD 3: 1958-1960 Struttin’, Moanin’ and Somethin’ Else
  • 1
    Cool Struttin’
    Sonny Clark
    9:25
  • 2
    Tenderly
    The Three Sounds
    4:36
  • 3
    Ain’t No Use
    Bill Henderson & Jimmy Smith
    2:44
  • 4
    Ain’t No Use
    Sonny Clark Trio
    4:48
  • 5
    Encore
    Bennie Green Quintet
    4:17
  • 6
    Moanin’ Parts 1 & 2
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
    9:35
  • 7
    Somethin’ Else Parts 1 & 2
    Cannonball Adderley
    8:15
  • 8
    The Rake
    Dizzy Reece
    6:04
  • 9
    What’s New
    Jackie McLean
    5:18
  • 10
    One Mint Julip
    Freddie Hubbard
    6:03
  • 11
    Little Sheri
    Stanley Turrentine
    5:41
  • 12
    True Blue
    Tina Brooks
    4:54
  • CD 4: 1961-1965 Bossa, Blues and Hits
  • 1
    Miss Ann’s Tempo
    Grant Green
    5:40
  • 2
    Midnight Special
    Jimmy Smith
    9:56
  • 3
    One O’Clock Jump
    Jimmy Smith
    7:01
  • 4
    Ernie’s Tune
    Dexter Gordon
    4:16
  • 5
    Watermelon Man
    Herbie Hancock
    7:10
  • 6
    Back at the Chicken Shack Parts 1 & 2
    Jimmy Smith
    8:05
  • 7
    The Good Life
    Kenny Burrell
    2:36
  • 8
    Our Miss Brooks
    Harold Vick feat. Grant Green
    2:46
  • 9
    Blue Bossa
    Joe Henderson
    8:00
  • 10
    Elijah
    Donald Byrd
    9:19
  • 11
    Blue Frenzy
    Freddie Hubbard
    3:17
  • 12
    The Sidewinder Part 1
    Lee Morgan
    3:07
  • 13
    Cape Verdean Blues
    Horace Silver Quintet
    4:58
  • CD 5: 1953-2014 Can You Dig It?
  • 1
    Theme From Electric Surfboard
    Brother Jack McDuff
    3:33
  • 2
    Black Byrd
    Donald Byrd
    7:18
  • 3
    Chicago Damn
    Bobbi Humphrey
    6:35
  • 4
    Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)
    Donald Byrd
    5:08
  • 5
    Always There
    Ronnie Laws & Pressure
    4:47
  • 6
    It’s Better Than Walkin’ Out
    Marlena Shaw
    4:21
  • 7
    Thinking About Your Body
    Bobby McFerrin
    3:16
  • 8
    Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
    Us3
    4:41
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Better Days
    Dianne Reeves
    5:28
  • 10
    I Can’t Stand the Rain
    Cassandra Wilson
    5:32
  • 11
    Don’t Know Why
    Norah Jones
    3:05
    3.6 ★
  • 12
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Robert Glasper
    7:22
  • 13
    It’s All Over Your Body
    José James
    5:30
  • 14
    Modern Blue
    Rosanne Cash
    3:02
  • 15
    Liquid Spirit
    Gregory Porter
    3:37
  • 16
    Holding Onto You
    Derrick Hodge feat. Alan Hampton
    4:49

Release credits

Issues