Thelonious Monk (From Genius Of Modern Music Volume 1) - "Round Midnight"
Miles Davis (From Volume 2) - "It Never Entered My Mind"
John Coltrane (From Blue Train) - "Blue Train"
Kenny Burrell (From Midnight Blue) - "Midnight Blue"
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (From Free For All) - "Free For All"
Wayne Shorter (From Speak No Evil) - "Speak No Evil"
Lee Morgan (From Cornbread) - "Ceora"
Larry Young (From Unity) - "The Moontrane"
McCoy Tyner (From The Real McCoy) - "Contemplation"
Ornette Coleman (From New York Is Now!) - "Broad Way Blues"
Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello (From Black Radio) - "The Consequences Of Jealousy"
Immanuel Wilkins (From The 7th Hand) - "Fugitive Ritual, Selah"
Gregory Porter (From Liquid Spirit) - "Hey Laura"
Bill Frisell (From Valentine) - "Baba Drame"
Joel Ross (From Kingmaker) - "Yana"
Jose James (From No Beginning No End) - "Trouble"
Joshua Redman (From Where Are We) - "Streets Of Philadelphia"
Charles Lloyd (From The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow) - "Defiant, Tender Warrior"
Cassandra Wilson (From Traveling Miles) - "Time After Time"
Nduduzo Makhathini (From In The Spirit Of Ntu) - "Amathongo"
Stefon Harris (From Black Action Figure) - "Black Action Figure"
Ambrose Akinmusire (From On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment) - "Roy"
Norah Jones (From Come Away With Me [Super Deluxe Edition]) - "Turn Me On" (First Sessions demo)
Wayne Shorter (From EMANON) - "Adventures Aboard The Golden Mean"
Review: The most famous label in jazz celebrates a monumental 85 years in action. How else to do that than with an all star cast of giants of the genre, captured at the top of their game? Miles Davis, Theolonious Monk, John Coltrane - they don't come much more legendary than this, and this 2xCD is a comprehensive catalogue of brilliance, with the label's latter years also represented via Norah Jones and a host of others. High Spirits indeed.
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