The sound of Blue Note was already firmly anchored in hip-hop in its early days through samples and remixes. But when the DJ, producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist Madlib was allowed to draw from the Blue Note archives for his masterpiece “Shades Of Blue” in 2003, he raised the bar to a new level. The result was a visionary album with remixes and reinterpretations of classic Blue Note recordings by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson and Wayne Shorter, among others.

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Tracklist:

A1. Introduction
A2. Slim’s Return
A3. Distant Land
A4. Mystic Bounce

B5. Stormy
B2. Blue Note Interlude
B3. Please Set Me At Ease
B4. Funky Blue Note
B5. Alfred Lion Interlude

C1. Stepping Into Tomorrow
C2. Andrew Hill Break
C3. Montara

D1. Song For My Father
D2. Footprints