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


Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 is a 2006 “best of" compilation from avant-jazz-funk organ trio Medeski Martin & Wood, featuring selected songs from all of the band's albums released on Blue Note Records.
Note Bleu was also released in a Deluxe Edition, featuring 3 bonus tracks and a Bonus DVD.

Track listing

  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" – 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:
  2. "Whiney Bitches" – 3:04
  3. "The Builder" – 3:28
  4. "Toy Dancing" – 6:35

Bonus DVD

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:
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
The performance took place on August 13, 2005 at the JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Produced by JVC and Festival Productions, Inc.
Documentaries:
  • Foreplay - Directed by: Libby Spears & Sarah Flack / Bluprint Films - 9:50Medeski Martin & Wood's "The Dropper" - Directed by: Marie-Pierre Jaury / Mezzo/Point Du Jour - 30:00

Performers