2008 UK two CD compilation of Blue Note recordings from 1953-58, filled with plenty of hip and hard core Bop. There are many great periods in Jazz music, and the five years covered on this collection is no exception. New York was a Jazz mecca and this collection features the best of Blue Note's roster creating music that sounded, felt and smelled like New York.
1-1 The Jazz Messengers– Avilla And Tequila
1-2 Kenny Dorham– Minor's Holiday
1-3 Kenny Burrell– Caravan
1-4 Sonny Clark– News For Lulu
1-5 Lee Morgan– City Lights
1-6 Horace Silver– The Outlaw
1-7 Sonny Rollins– Misterioso
1-8 Clifford Jordan And John Gilmore– Blue Lights
1-9 Paul Chambers– We Six
1-10 Hank Mobley– Don't Walk
2-1 Horace Silver– Doodlin
2-2 Lee Morgan– Gaza Strip
2-3 Elmo Hope– Abdullah
2-4 Bud Powell– Buster Rides Again
2-5 Johnny Griffin– The Congregation
2-6 Thad Jones– Zec
2-7 Curtis Fuller– Algonquin
2-8 Louis Smith– Ande
2-9 J.R. Monterose– Wee Jay
2-10 Jay Jay Johnson– Coffee Pot
