Shades Of Blue: Blue Vinyl 2LP Barry Manilow 1959 in New York City

1959 in New York City

Cosmic Funk

with Perri weaving ornate guitar licks around a succulent interplay of clavinet and trap kit

As the Flower Withers (1992)

Shades Of Blue: Blue Vinyl 2LP Barry Manilow 1959 in New York CityThe sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip hop through sampling and remixes since its early days but Madlib raised the bar when the DJ, producer, rapper and multi instrumentalist invaded the Blue Note vaults for his 2003 masterpiece Shades of Blue, a visionary album featuring remixes and reimaginations of classics by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter and more.