Re: Question: Blue Note album

Joseph D. Fong (what@vcn.bc.ca)
Wed, 31 Jul 1996 23:55:28 -0700 (PDT)


>
> Does anybody know the name and/or catalogue number of the album Blue Note
> edited after US3's "Hand on the torch" with the original songs that were
> sampled by US3 (Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Gran Green, Reuben Wilson... )?

The album you saw is called "Straight No Chaser"--the most popular, most
sampled songs from the vaults of blue note (CDP 7243 8 28263 2 3). It's a
two CD compilation with "Cantaloupe Island" by Herbie Hancock and a whole
bunch of other really cool stuff. A definite must-have.

Enjoy!
Joey
what@vcn.bc.ca