Blue '70s: Blue Note Got Soul (2000)

About this title: On the surface, Blue Seventies is packaged as a Blue Note funk compilation, but the selected music is closer to what would become "smooth jazz" in the '80s and '90s. These tracks were recorded by the Blue Note label at a time when it intentionally embraced the synthesizer, R&B, and disco hybrids tailor-made for pop radio exposure. While the majority of this material was recorded between 1975 and 1977, it does contain two excellent soul jazz blowouts from Lonnie Smith and Grant Green, both from 1970, and totally unlike everything else represented here. Most would agree that the '70s would not ... read more

Tracks:

1. Can't Hide Love [Scarborough]
2. Think Twice [Mizell]
3. Uno Esta [Mizell]
4. Acuphuncture [Priester]
5. Feel Like Makin' Love [McDaniels]
6. Music Is My Sanctuary [Bartz]
7. Spinning Wheel
8. Wind Parade [Mizell]
9. Friends and Strangers [Oliver/Jeffrey]
10. V-O
11. Down Here on the Ground [Schifrin/Garnett]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.