Track Listing

1. Harlem Blues - Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Cynda Williams
2. Say Hey
3. Knocked Out the Box
4. Again, Never
5. Mo' Better Blues
6. Pop Top 40 - Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington
7. Beneath the Underdog
8. Jazz Thing - Terence Blanchard, , Branford Marsalis
9. Harlem Blues [Acapulco Version] - Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Cynda Williams

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30278 in Music
• Released on: 1990-07-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

It's a Jazz Thing baby...
The first time I saw this movie, all I really paid attention to was Denzel. The second time I saw it, I was mesmerized by a scene in the film featuring John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." From that day forth, I became a diehard Coltrane fan, although I was only 11. I was determined to play "Mo' Better Blues" on my clarinet while in the High School Band, and today, I still hold this soundtrack very dear as one of the best. Although my personal jazz style is stuck in the fifties and sixties, this album is an excellent representation of the great jazz music made in the nineties.

Simply...One of the best
This has to be one my favorite all time cd's, and my favorite all time soundtrack. If you've seen the movie, then listened to the soundtrack, you can still feel the emotion that each song was trying to evoke in the film. The way Branford Marsalis' sax blends with Cynda Williams in Harlem Blues is effortless as the two seem to melt together.

Best Movie Soundtrack I Own
Say Hey and Beneath the Underdog are the truest jazz jams (they sound familiar, maybe the're remakes of some famous older cats), and Mo Better Blues is a simple, but excellent combo fo trumpet and sax. Again Never is a ballad, also moving, and the spoken work by Wesley Snipes and Denzel Washington about love songs is great. Furthermore, Gangstarr's Jazz Thing from this album is excellent, switching up grooves in the middle of the song to excellent effect, and Harlem Blues is just straight beautiful. Why is Cynda Williams not heard more? The only weakness is that its a short album, but that's not really a weakness, you'll want to just keep flipping the tape or keep the cd on repeat. It's strange how a ballad can merge into party jazz, and then get into some hiphop and then finish with a ballad so seamlessly.