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

Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 is a "best of" or "greatest hits" compilation from avant-jazz-funk organ trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released in 2006 and featuring select 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: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedApril 4, 2006
GenreJazz-funk, acid jazz, soul jazz, jam band
LabelBlue Note Records
Medeski Martin & Wood chronology
End of the World Party (Just in Case)
(2004)
Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005
(2006)
Out Louder
(2006)
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Note Bleu was also released in a Deluxe Edition, featuring 3 bonus tracks and a Bonus DVD.

Track listing edit

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

Deluxe Edition CD:

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

Bonus DVD edit

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

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