2LP - 180g Black Vinyl housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve.
The sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip-hop through sampling and remixes since its early days but Madlib raised the bar when the DJ, producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist invaded the Blue Note vaults for his 2003 masterpiece Shades of Blue, a visionary album featuring remixes and reimaginations of classics by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter and more.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Intro
2. Slim's Return
3. Distant Land
4. Mystic Bounce
Side B
1. Stormy
2. Blue Note Interlude
3. Please Set Me at Ease
4. Funky Blue Note
5. Alfred Lion Interlude
Side C
1. Stepping Into Tomorrow
2. Andrew Hill Break
3. Montara
Side D
1. Song for My Father
2. Footprints
3. Peace/Dolphin Dance
4. Outro