Various Artists Fahrt ins Blaue II Groovin' In The Spirit Of Jazz

A groovy feelgood experience:
BLUE VINYL / LIMITED EDITION
This compilation presents twelve tracks for grooving and boogying. With funky jazz, gritty blues and bucketloads of soul. Turn up the volume!

Turn up the volume!While the first “Fahrt ins Blaue” (journey into the blue/unknown) album from ACT in 2016 offered classy songs for chilling, a great place just to hang out and relax, the new album “FiB II - groovin' in the spirit of jazz” leads us straight out onto the dance floor. From the moment it opens up, with funky jazz, gritty blues and bucketloads of soul, this compilation sets the tone for a night of partying.It’s after sunset. The DJ is starting to nudge the volume a little higher. The WDR Big Band and its unbelievably tight horn section sets this journey on its way. First there’s a classic from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, “Moanin”.Then Torsten Goods ‘jumps that train’ and takes things on with a U2 cover, “When Love Comes To Town”. Its disco bass-lines and Wolfgang Haffner's in-the-pocket groove make it the perfect antido...

Line up:

Various Artists

Recording Information:

Compiled by Marco Ostrowski
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann
Cover art by Rupprecht Geiger

Track List:

1. When Love Comes To Town ( Paul David Hewson, Adam Clayton, David Evans & Larry Mullen)03:57
2. Paradise ( Herbie Hancock, Bill Champlin, David Fostner & Jay Graydon)03:37
3. Don´t Take My Love To Hollywood ( Joe Sample / Will Jennings)03:00
4. Joshua ( traditional / arr. by Bob Belden)05:13
5. He Ain´t Heavy, He´s My Brother ( Bobby Scott / Sidney Russell)04:07
6. Penny Blue ( Magnus Lindgren)03:35
7. I Wish I Had A Girl Like You ( Willie Hale)02:52
8. She Moves On ( Paul Simon)04:36
9. Holy Joe ( Knut Reiersrud / Jeff Wassermann)04:13
10. Rikki Don´t Lose That Number ( Donald Fagan & Walter Becker)04:01
11. Just A Kiss Away ( Allen Toussaint)05:17
12. The Sidewinder ( Lee Morgan)07:17