The impact of 1960s hard bop (a late descendent of bebop with more explicit blues, gospel and R&B connections) is highlighted in this eight-CD addition to the famous Blue Note label's 70th anniversary celebrations. It is a collection of often hard-grooving music chosen by the Dutch bassist and Blue Note buff Hans Mantel.
1 - Saxophone #1:
2 - Saxophone #2
3 - Trumpet
4 - Piano
5 - Organ
6 - Bands & Leaders #1
7 - Bands & Leaders #2
8 - Extra Vocal
CD1 - Saxophone #1
1. I Was Doing All Right - Dexter Gordon
2. You're Driving Me Crazy - Sonny Red
3. Beatrice - Sam Rivers
4. Remember - Hank Mobley
5. Black Nile - Wayne Shorter
6. Isotope - Joe Henderson
7. Willis - Charlie Parker
8. Blues for Philly Joe - Sonny
9. Lost - Jackie McLean
10. The Way You Look Tonight - Johnny Griffin
CD2 - Saxophone #2
1. Thomasville - Stanley Turrentine
2. Glad Lad - Leo Parker
3. In a Capricornian Way - Booker Ervin
4. Status Quo - Clifford Jordan/John Gilmore
5. For Heaven's Sake - Tina Brooks
6. Little Miss No Nose - Frank Foster
7. Moment's Notice - John Coltrane
8. Straight Up and Down - Eric Dolphy
9. It's You Or No One - Lou Donaldson
10. Moonlight in Vermont - Gil Melle
11. Like - Ike Quebec
CD3 - Trumpet
1. The Injuns - Donald Byrd
2. South Side - Louis Smith
3. Easy Living - Clifford Brown
4. Fungii Mama - Blue Mitchell
5. Candy - Lee Morgan
6. Wail - Bud Powell
7. Body and Soul - Freddie Hubbard
8. Funk in Deep Freeze - Hank Mobley Quintet
9. Basheer's Dream - Kenny Dorham
10. The Rebound - Dizzy Reece
11. It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
12. Beyond All Limits - Larry Young
CD4 - Piano
1. Nick at T's - Herbie Nichols Trio
2. C-jam Blues - Horace Parlan
3. I Want to Be Happy - Bud Powell
4. I Should Care - Duke Jordan
5. Subterfuge - Andrew Hill
6. Blues for Betsy - Freddie Redd
7. Quicksilver - Horace Silver
8. The Lights Out - The Three Sounds
9. The Pot's On - Kenny Drew
10. I Remember You - Elmo Hope Trio
11. Riot - Herbie Hancock
12. Dancing in the Dark - Sonny Clark
13. The Surrey With the Fringe On Top - McCoy Tyner
14. Ruby My Dear - Thelonious Monk
15. 'S Make It - Walter Davis Jr.
CD5 - Organ
1. Seesaw - Lonnie Smith
2. Blues No. 1 - Jimmy Smith
3. Girl Talk - Jimmy McGriff
4. Turtle Walk - Lou Donaldson
5. Willow Weep for Me - 'Baby Face' Willette
6. The Moontrane - Larry Young
7. Pig Foots - Big John
8. Kool - John Scofield
9. Our Miss Brooks - Harold Vick
10. T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Freddie Roach
11. Trouble #02 - Stanley Turrentine
CD6 - Bands & Leaders #1
1. Pentatonic - Donald Byrd
2. Big Bertha - Duke Pearson
3. Blues for Del - Stanley Turrentine
4. Lester Left Town - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
5. The Breakdown - Hank Mobley
6. With a Song in My Heart - Sonny Clark
7. On the Spur of the Moment - Horace Parlan
8. Ezz-Thetic - Grant Green
9. The Eye of the Hurricane - Herbie Hancock
10. A Subtle One - Jimmy Smith
11. Cookin' at the Continental - Horace Silver Quintet
CD7 - Bands & Leaders #2
1. Little Johnny C - Johnny Coles
2. Tariff - Thad Jones
3. Love Song - Tony Williams
4. We Six - Paul Chambers
5. Candu - Pete Sims
6. The Kicker - Bobby Hutcherson
7. Lizzy's Bounce - Curtis Fuller
8. Down Under - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
9. How About You? - Kenny Burrell
10. Blue Interlude - Art Taylor
11. We Wanna Cook - Bennie Green
CD8 - Extra Vocal
1. Lullaby of Birdland - Dianne Reeves
2. Oh! Look at Me Now - Nancy Wilson
3. Blame It On My Youth - Holly Cole
4. You Stepped Out of a Dream - Sarah Vaughan
5. Samba De Uma Nota So - Eliane Elias
6. Jazz in My Soul - Dodo Greene
7. You Don't Know What Love Is - Kurt Elling
8. Spinning Wheel - Caecilie Norby
9. I Wanna Be Around - Dinah Washington
10. Ever Since I Stole the Blues - Mose Allison
11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
12. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee
13. The Show Has Begun - Marlena Shaw
14. May I Come In? - Blossom Dearie
15. Bill Bailey - Cannonball Adderley/Ernie Andrews
16. P. S. I Love You - Kay Starr
17. Look for the Silver Lining - Chet Baker
18. Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones
19. Moon River - Bob Dorough
