Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005

Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005
Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005
Greatest hits album by Medeski Martin & Wood
Released	April 4, 2006
Genre	Jazz-funk, acid jazz, soul jazz, jam band
Label	Blue Note Records
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Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 is a 2006 “best of" compilation from avant-jazz-funk organ trio Medeski Martin & Wood, featuring selected songs from all of the band's albums released on Blue Note Records. (The band has since started an independent label, Indirecto Records.)

Note Bleu was also released in a Deluxe Edition, featuring 3 bonus tracks and a Bonus DVD.

Track listing

"The Dropper" – 3:32
"Sugar Craft" – 3:19
"I Wanna Ride You" – 3:25
"Nocturne" – 4:02
"Partido Alto" – 5:44
"Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho" (Billy Martin remix) – 3:56
"Note Bleu" – 3:02
"Pappy Check" – 2:43
"Mami Gato" – 4:08
"Off the Table" – 4:16
"Queen Bee" – 4:55
"Hypnotized" – 5:03
"Hey Joe" – 5:01
"End of the World Party" – 5:09
"Uninvisible" – 3:37

Deluxe Edition CD:

"Whiney Bitches" – 3:04
"The Builder" (from The Dropper Japanese version) – 3:28
"Toy Dancing" – 6:35

Bonus DVD

The Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD includes the following:

Music Videos:

"Partido Alto" - Directed by: Adam Bork
"The Dropper" - Directed by: Adam Bork
"Uninvisible" - Directed by: Bill Gilman

Live Performances:

Texaco Jazz Festival - "Sugar Craft" > "Ankhnaton" (Sun Ra) - with DJ Logic - 13:14

The performance took place on June 8, 1998 at the Texaco Jazz Festival, New York, NY
Produced, Directed and Edited by: Chuck Fishbein for Crazy Duck Productions

NewPort JVC Jazz Festival - "New Planet" and "Queen Bee" - 12:16

The performance took place on August 13, 2005 at the JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Produced by JVC and Festival Productions, Inc.

Documentaries:

Foreplay (2004) - Directed by: Libby Spears & Sarah Flack / Bluprint Films - 9:50
Medeski Martin & Wood's "The Dropper" (2002) - Directed by: Marie-Pierre Jaury / Mezzo/Point Du Jour - 30:00

Performers

John Medeski – keyboards
Billy Martin – drums, percussion
Chris Wood – basses

References

Note Bleu Album Information at MMW.net
mmwhistory.com - List of all known performances by MMW

External links

In-depth Note Bleu Review at Popmatters.com