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Ego Ella May, Swindle, Nubiyan Twist and more to feature on Blue Note Re:imagined II compilation

08 June 2022, 12:25 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

A second volume of the Blue Note Re:imagined compilation has been announced featuring Swindle, Nubiyan Twist and more, and Ego Ella May's reimagining of Chico Hamilton's "The Morning Side Of Love" has been unveiled to accompany the news.

The first Blue Note Re:imagined compilation arrived in 2020, and today (8 June) the second volume has been announced with Ego Ella May's version of Chico Hamilton's "The Morning Side Of Love".

Blue Note Re:imagined II will also feature contributions from Swindle, Nubiyan Twist, Conor Albert, Oscar Jerome and Oscar #Worldpeace, Theon Cross, Reuben James, Cherise, Frank Moody and more.

Blue Note President Don Was said of the new compilation, "For more than eight decades the artists of Blue Note Records have continually pushed the envelope of contemporary music, and Blue Note Re:imagined II once again honors that legacy by letting the UK’s most creative young artists reinvent the treasures of the Blue Note catalog through their own lens."

Tracklist:

  1. Yazz Ahmed - It (From Chick Corea Is - 1969)
  2. Conor Albert - You Make Me Feel So Good (From Bobbi Humphrey Fancy Dancer - 1975)
  3. Parthenope - Don’t Know Why (From Norah Jones Come Away With Me - 2002)
  4. Swindle - Miss Kane (From Donald Byrd Street Lady - 1973)
  5. Nubiyan Twist - Through The Noise (Chant No.2) (From Donald Byrd A New Perspective - 1963)
  6. Ego Ella May - The Morning Side Of Love (From Chico Hamilton Pereginations - 1975)
  7. Oscar Jerome & Oscar #Worldpeace - (Why You So) Green With Envy (From Grant Green Green Street - 1961)
  8. Daniel Casimir ft. Ria Moran - Lost (From Wayne Shorter The Soothsayer - 1965)
  9. Theon Cross - Epistrophy (From Thelonious Monk Genius Of Modern Music, Vol.1 - 1948)
  10. Maya Delilah - Harvest Moon (From Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter - 1995)
  11. Kay Young - Feel Like Making Love (From Marlena Shaw Who is this Bitch, Anyway? - 1974)
  12. Venna & Marco Bernardis - Where Are We Going (From Donald Byrd Black Byrd - 1972)
  13. Reuben James - Infant Eyes (From Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil - 1964)
  14. Binker Golding - Fort Worth (From Joe Lovano From The Soul - 1991)
  15. Cherise - Sunrise (From Norah Jones Feels Like Home - 2004)
  16. Franc Moody - Cristo Redentor (From Donald Byrd A New Perspective - 1963)
Ego Ella May's version of Chico Hamilton's "The Morning Side Of Love" is out now. Blue Note Re:imagined II will arrive 30 September.
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