14 CD Blue Note 60th Anniv. box set
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The Blue Note Years, 1939-1991. Blue Note 60th Anniversary, 14 CD box set, with accompanying booklet.
NM condition, all discs play perfectly. 14 CDs divided into 7 categories of music (see below), representing a full history of Blue Note and jazz from 1939-1991.
I ended up with 2 of these so I have one for sale. This is an amazing box set, one of those desert island pieces.
This is quite a scarce box set : there are only a few copies currently for sale on ebay, priced from $225 - $500 (latter price seems quite ridiculous, I know).
Priced: $150 + $5 media mail shipping. Payment by check or money order, no pay pal.
Below is more info about the box set which I copied from the Amazon website.
Google this box set and you will see how good it is.
(from Amazon.com)
Packaged in a deep-blue LP-size box, this 14-CD megaset is a wide-angle retrospective on Blue Note Records, from its 1939 birth to the label's most recent artists. The bonuses are myriad but begin inarguably with the accompanying booklet, filled by label cofounder Francis Wolff's in-studio photographs, all taken during the 1950s and 1960s and conveying a palpable musicality.
Boogie, Blues & Bop: 1939-1955. Most listeners forget Blue Note's earliest sides, the meat of their founding. Here you get Albert Ammons's "Boogie Woogie Stomp" and Sidney Bechet's dramatic read of "Summertime." The surprises are many, from Babs Gonzales's Three Bips and a Bop to Ike Quebec offering great swing-time work as well as his more hard-bop persona. Then there are the categorical greats, Thelonious Monk, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Nichols, and Miles Davis, each of whom cut limited Blue Note sessions. This is the seeding ground, the place from which Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff grew their label into a standard-bearer for all varieties of jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Jazz Message: 1955-1960. These two CDs might pose the greatest number of names to single out. Where to begin? Horace Silver? Hank Mobley? Cannonball Adderley's session with Miles? Do we praise tracks by Bud Powell and Jackie McLean at the exclusion of a Sonny Rollins or a Lou Donaldson tune? Simply put, there are no weak moments here. This set opens, appropriately enough, with a hard-charging Jazz Messengers track, "Minor's Holiday," featuring the instantly recognizable thunder of Art Blakey. More than two hours later, Dexter Gordon concludes "The Jazz Message" with an ineffably swinging "Society Red." In between are the gloriously proud, gleaming moments of fundamental Blue Note: classy, distinguished and locked onto ideas with an amazing concentration and, yes, grace. Thrilling.
Organ and Soul: 1965-1967. While organ jazz is often described as funky or bluesy, at its essence, it is vividly impressionistic. Why, in the hands of masters like Jimmy Smith or Baby Face Willette, a Hammond B3 organ can evoke a myriad of specific times, places, and emotions is one of the true and glorious mysteries of jazz. On this set, Blue Note's organ men take their bows followed by the likes of the label's down 'n' dirty squadron of funk and soul players like Lou Donaldson, Lee Morgan, and Grant Green. Organ and Soul is an indispensable collection of one of Blue Note's more underappreciated periods. It's also absolutely required for any late-night listening session.
Hard Bop and Beyond: 1963-1967. This bustling set is led by names like Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, and Lee Morgan--musical voices synonymous with lean, economical jazz and no-nonsense straight bop. Short of the Pete LaRoca track, "Lazy Afternoon," there are few surprises on this set, but what is included is, of course, exceptional. Not only is this set an excellent illustration of Blue Note's Middle Ages, it also shows how incredibly deep the label's roster was at this time. Hard Bop and Beyond, if not a powerful creative statement, does make the case for rock-solid consistency.
The Avant Garde: 1963-1967. While Blue Note is certainly not known for its dedication to avant-garde or free jazz, this set proves they certainly had some rather substantial moments. Yes, Larry Young's "Moontrane" could have been slotted on the Organ and Soul set, but contributions from Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and Cecil Taylor (all represented here) helped set the table for the next generation of jazz. A quibble: Why only one selection each from Cherry and Taylor, both musicians continually cited by contemporary players across all genres?
Blue Note Now as Then. Capitalizing on the legacy of Blue Note's canon of peerless tunes, these two CDs use current and recent artists from the label to look at timeworn classics. It's a true portrait of the 1950s and 1960s, with Fareed Haque's sextet with Jerry Dodgion and Erik Friedlander taking on Horace Silver's emotive "Song for My Father," which gave the world a fetching glimpse of Joe Henderson's saxophone brilliance. There are nods to Kenny Dorham and Ornette Coleman, among others, and the tunes show an inarguable contemporary interpretive depth, a world away from the stoic realm of jazz's "young lions."
The New Era. There was a period in the 1970s and 1980s when Blue Note Records seemed absent, or at least in disarray. Maybe it was the rise of commercial fusion, maybe not. In any case, this last pair of CDs addresses the fusion craze with some of its highpoints, including Ronnie Laws's "Agelina" and Stanley Jordan's "Lady in My Life." But the set expands into a full-fledged abridgement, cueing up the fantastic (and underaccorded) co-op quartet fronted by Don Pullen and George Adams on "Song from the Old Country." From slinking grooves to hot-chop blasts, this is the aural equivalent of a multipaneled map of the label's best post-1970s work. --S. Duda and Andrew Bartlett
The Blue Note Years, 1939-1991. Blue Note 60th Anniversary, 14 CD box set, with accompanying booklet.
NM condition, all discs play perfectly. 14 CDs divided into 7 categories of music (see below), representing a full history of Blue Note and jazz from 1939-1991.
I ended up with 2 of these so I have one for sale. This is an amazing box set, one of those desert island pieces.
This is quite a scarce box set : there are only a few copies currently for sale on ebay, priced from $225 - $500 (latter price seems quite ridiculous, I know).
Priced: $150 + $5 media mail shipping. Payment by check or money order, no pay pal.
Below is more info about the box set which I copied from the Amazon website.
Google this box set and you will see how good it is.
(from Amazon.com)
Packaged in a deep-blue LP-size box, this 14-CD megaset is a wide-angle retrospective on Blue Note Records, from its 1939 birth to the label's most recent artists. The bonuses are myriad but begin inarguably with the accompanying booklet, filled by label cofounder Francis Wolff's in-studio photographs, all taken during the 1950s and 1960s and conveying a palpable musicality.
Boogie, Blues & Bop: 1939-1955. Most listeners forget Blue Note's earliest sides, the meat of their founding. Here you get Albert Ammons's "Boogie Woogie Stomp" and Sidney Bechet's dramatic read of "Summertime." The surprises are many, from Babs Gonzales's Three Bips and a Bop to Ike Quebec offering great swing-time work as well as his more hard-bop persona. Then there are the categorical greats, Thelonious Monk, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Nichols, and Miles Davis, each of whom cut limited Blue Note sessions. This is the seeding ground, the place from which Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff grew their label into a standard-bearer for all varieties of jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Jazz Message: 1955-1960. These two CDs might pose the greatest number of names to single out. Where to begin? Horace Silver? Hank Mobley? Cannonball Adderley's session with Miles? Do we praise tracks by Bud Powell and Jackie McLean at the exclusion of a Sonny Rollins or a Lou Donaldson tune? Simply put, there are no weak moments here. This set opens, appropriately enough, with a hard-charging Jazz Messengers track, "Minor's Holiday," featuring the instantly recognizable thunder of Art Blakey. More than two hours later, Dexter Gordon concludes "The Jazz Message" with an ineffably swinging "Society Red." In between are the gloriously proud, gleaming moments of fundamental Blue Note: classy, distinguished and locked onto ideas with an amazing concentration and, yes, grace. Thrilling.
Organ and Soul: 1965-1967. While organ jazz is often described as funky or bluesy, at its essence, it is vividly impressionistic. Why, in the hands of masters like Jimmy Smith or Baby Face Willette, a Hammond B3 organ can evoke a myriad of specific times, places, and emotions is one of the true and glorious mysteries of jazz. On this set, Blue Note's organ men take their bows followed by the likes of the label's down 'n' dirty squadron of funk and soul players like Lou Donaldson, Lee Morgan, and Grant Green. Organ and Soul is an indispensable collection of one of Blue Note's more underappreciated periods. It's also absolutely required for any late-night listening session.
Hard Bop and Beyond: 1963-1967. This bustling set is led by names like Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, and Lee Morgan--musical voices synonymous with lean, economical jazz and no-nonsense straight bop. Short of the Pete LaRoca track, "Lazy Afternoon," there are few surprises on this set, but what is included is, of course, exceptional. Not only is this set an excellent illustration of Blue Note's Middle Ages, it also shows how incredibly deep the label's roster was at this time. Hard Bop and Beyond, if not a powerful creative statement, does make the case for rock-solid consistency.
The Avant Garde: 1963-1967. While Blue Note is certainly not known for its dedication to avant-garde or free jazz, this set proves they certainly had some rather substantial moments. Yes, Larry Young's "Moontrane" could have been slotted on the Organ and Soul set, but contributions from Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and Cecil Taylor (all represented here) helped set the table for the next generation of jazz. A quibble: Why only one selection each from Cherry and Taylor, both musicians continually cited by contemporary players across all genres?
Blue Note Now as Then. Capitalizing on the legacy of Blue Note's canon of peerless tunes, these two CDs use current and recent artists from the label to look at timeworn classics. It's a true portrait of the 1950s and 1960s, with Fareed Haque's sextet with Jerry Dodgion and Erik Friedlander taking on Horace Silver's emotive "Song for My Father," which gave the world a fetching glimpse of Joe Henderson's saxophone brilliance. There are nods to Kenny Dorham and Ornette Coleman, among others, and the tunes show an inarguable contemporary interpretive depth, a world away from the stoic realm of jazz's "young lions."
The New Era. There was a period in the 1970s and 1980s when Blue Note Records seemed absent, or at least in disarray. Maybe it was the rise of commercial fusion, maybe not. In any case, this last pair of CDs addresses the fusion craze with some of its highpoints, including Ronnie Laws's "Agelina" and Stanley Jordan's "Lady in My Life." But the set expands into a full-fledged abridgement, cueing up the fantastic (and underaccorded) co-op quartet fronted by Don Pullen and George Adams on "Song from the Old Country." From slinking grooves to hot-chop blasts, this is the aural equivalent of a multipaneled map of the label's best post-1970s work. --S. Duda and Andrew Bartlett
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Sorry...meant to say free shipping for this.
$150 shipped via US Postal media mail shipping (with postal insurance).
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bump...and price reduction to $140 shipped. I figure for 14 CDs that makes it only $10 per CD.
I will leave this on here exclusively for 1 week and then will list it on the usual online places as well in a week's time.
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I just noticed a typo: The title of this box set is actually:
The Blue Note Years, 1939-1999 (not 1991 as I originally noted).
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And here is a review of the box set from the website, allmusic.com
"There have been many jazz labels as diverse and musically satisfying as Blue Note, but few have carried the same mystique as Alfred Lion's label, since they not only had the sound, they had the style. Like any label, it had its up and downs, but decades after its inception, the label remains beloved by almost all jazz aficionados. So, when the label's 60th anniversary rolled around in 1998/1999, it made sense that they decided to celebrate in grand style. Not only did they reissue many of their classic albums with gloriously remastered sound and restored artwork, they compiled the gargantuan box set The Blue Note Years: 1939-1999, which contained no less than seven separate double-disc sets spotlighting different genres and eras in Blue Note's history (with the noticeable omission of anything recorded between 1968-1974, when Alfred Lion left the label and the new owners instigated pop-jazz, funk, groove, and fusion recordings). Certainly, a 14-disc box set isn't for casual fans, but anyone curious about digging deep into the label's past will be thrilled with the set. Each volume -- for the record, they are Boogie, Blues & Bop, The Jazz Message, Organ and Soul, Hard Bop and Beyond, Avant Garde, New Era, and Blue Note Now as Then -- stands as its own little mini-history, covering the major players with representative songs. Sometimes the choices are familiar, sometimes they're not, but they're almost always revelatory, especially when taken in conjunction with the songs that surround them. True, the box is a lot to digest at once (perhaps that's why Blue Note later released all seven volumes individually), but anyone willing to devote the time and money to this set will be richly rewarded." -
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Last bump before moving this along to other online sites on Monday.
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Bump and price reduced to $130 shipped.
This is a great set at what I think is a very good price (14 CDs @ $130 = a little over $9 per cd!).
This usually sells for $200 or more on ebay (the last one sold on ebay for $200 on July 7).
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Price reduced to $125 shipped.
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No Paypal?
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I think my price is very fair but please let me know if any there is any interest as I am open to reasonable offers.
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Still available.
Some great music at a fair price, $125 shipped, (check ebay prices on these and see what high prices this goes for on ebay).
I love this set. It is one of those proverbial "desert island" pieces. I ended up with 2 of these and will never sell my own individual copy!
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I was going to list this for sale online elsewhere but never got around to it and will just keep it listed on here
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Still available - $125 shipped.
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14 CD box set: The Blue Note Years, 1939-1999: 60th Anniversary,
Still available for $125 shipped.
I am surprised this is still here because this is a fantastic box set at a price much lower than ones have sold for on ebay. It does not get much better than this for the jazz lover.
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PM sent...yes, shipping is included in the $125 price...$125 for 14 CDs and free shipping. Sorry, I do not accept pay pal (check or money order only).
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I'll take them if still available.
madmax
Now, if I could only figure out how to pm...Vinyl, the final frontier...
Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want...
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madmax, pm sent. It is till available and it is yours.
PM me or shoot me an e-mail: plenz2@nycap.rr.com, and I will send you the address to send payment. Total shipped is $125 (check or money order).
Thanks again.
You will love this box set. It is awesome. I am glad it is going to a fellow Polkie who will enjoy it.
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Thanks, I'll mail out payment this evening.Vinyl, the final frontier...
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Sale pending! Thanks madmax.
