Legendary labelsDecca RecordsandBlue Notehave joined forces forBlue Note Re:imagined; a brand new collection of classic Blue Note tracks brought together for the first time, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the jazz scenes most exciting young talents today. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking labels past and future, the project features Brit Award-winningJorja Smith, whose version ofSt Germains Rose Rougeis featured on the A side of this vinyl The track, for which St Germain originally sampledMarlena Shaws Cookin With Blue Note At Montreauxalbum, takes its cues from classic soul, jazz and reggae and perfectly captures the enduringly relevant Blue Note aesthetic. Jorja is Honoured to be involved on this Blue Note album to rework St Germains anthem Rose Rouge. And with such an array of wonderful musicians on the album, including my brothers Ezra Collective. Alongside Smiths reworking of Rose Rouge isEzra Collectives version ofWayne Shorters Footprints This project means so much to us in Ezra Collective. For us, Blue Note encapsulates everything that jazz is. Everchanging, evermoving with times and always swinging. From Herbie to Wayne, Glasper and Jose James. Across the decades its been a constant source of inspiration, so to contribute to that is a dream come true. Footprints was a song we learnt as teenagers, and a song weve havent left alone since. It felt the perfect opportunity to pay homage to a hero of ours, Wayne Shorter, as well as document the journey weve made as a band since then.