C-Note:Prince

C-Note is the second live album by Prince and The New Power Generation, released in 2003. Its genre is jazz, with four tracks taken from soundchecks during the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nite_Alone... One Nite Alone...]'' tour.[1]

All five tracks are named after the location they were recorded in. The album's title is an acronym, taken from the first letters of the five tracks: "Copenhagen", "Nagoya", "Osaka", "Tokyo", and "Empty Room".[citation needed]

The first four tracks are instrumentals, although the fourth features Prince repeating "Tokyo". The fifth track is a live rendition of "Empty Room" (recorded October 25, 2002 in Copenhagen)[citation needed], an outtake originally intended for the album The Gold Experience[citation needed] , though the song was likely written ca. August 4, 1985[citation needed] , when it was first recorded. The song is reported[by whom?]  to have been written and recorded for Susannah Melvoin after relationship difficulty[citation needed]. There was a clip made for the song but it remains unreleased.[citation needed]

The album is highly experimental and reminiscent of the Madhouse project.[citation needed]  It was available as an MP3 file from Prince's NPG Music Club, but is now unavailable.[citation needed]  C-Note is jazz-oriented along with quiet storm, jazz-fusion, jazz-funk, and smooth jazz. It is also atmospheric and new age themed.



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[hide]  *1 History  ==History<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Prince's then fan club, The NPG Music Club charged $100 for a membership that had advertised that paying members would receive 4 exclusive Album/CDs. Many members who did not receive 4 albums sent complaints of Federal Mail Fraud to the Minnesota Attorney Generals office and the BBB after Prince failed to honor the agreement. The albums "NEWS", "C-Note" and "Xpectation" was his response to being forced to comply to these demands. ==Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===2003 re-release<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 2 Track listing
 * 2.1 2003 re-release
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 References
 * 1) "Copenhagen" – 13:28
 * 2) *contains a portion of Miles Davis' "Jean-Pierre"
 * 3) "Nagoya" – 8:54
 * 4) "Osaka" – 5:28
 * 5) "Tokyo" – 5:04
 * 6) "Empty Room" – 4:02
 * 1) "Copenhagen" – 10:07
 * 2) *excises Davis interpolation
 * John Blackwell – drums
 * Greg Boyer – trombone
 * Candy Dulfer – saxophone
 * Renato Neto – keyboards
 * Maceo Parker – saxophone
 * Prince – other instruments, vocals at "Empty Room"
 * Rhonda Smith – bass
 * Dudley D. – scratches