Blue Note Re:Imagined - blankTON recordings

Fear not, it’s not another remix-album – this time the long standing tradition of interpretation in jazz is celebrated instead of rubbing shoulders with what seems to be contemporary and so often ending up in butchering the classics. Blue Note Re:Imagined is indeed a celebration – of fantastic pieces from way back and of fantastic new talent. Those re-interpretations offer a very diverse package of inventive and caring viewpoints to a lot of tunes, with, at the best results of this compilation, definitely open up new sides to tracks you probably heard quite often – or don’t. Blue Note Re:Imagined also offers another glimpse into the great catalogue of the legendary imprint and is a lush cornucopia of blending classic tracks with new and sometimes daring interpretations. And of course, as all the artists here are UK-based, it could also be understood as a littel nod the nonsense that is brexit, but that is just my humble opinion.Please enjoy the great music!

Here’s what the Blue Note Website has to say:

Blue Note Re:imagined presents classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents today. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking label’s past and future, the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B acts – Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Mr Jukes, Steam Down, Skinny Pelembe, Emma-Jean Thackray, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei, Fieh, Ishmael Ensemble, Blue Lab Beats, Melt Yourself Down, Yazmin Lacey, Alfa Mist, and Brit Award-winning Jorja Smith.

Legendary labels Decca Records and Blue Note have joined forces for Blue Note Re:imagined; a brand-new collection of 16 classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking label’s past and future, the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B acts including Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Mr Jukes, Steam Down, Skinny Pelembe, Emma-Jean Thackray, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei and Brit Award-winning Jorja Smith.