VA - Blue Note Explosion: Hip Hammond & Soulful Grooves (2009)

2006 two CD compilation series from the team that brought you the Blue Series, the biggest selling Jazz series ever. These compilations will all cover distinct historical and stylistic phases of the label's history, gathering together tracks that are rarely anthologized alongside some of the more well known cuts. Each one will then be housed in a distinctive sleeve that looks like a Blue Note compilation that was done at the specific period covered by the release. Hip Hammond & Soulful Grooves features 23 tracks including cuts from Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Stanley Turrentine, Horace Silver and others. Blue Note.