Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Various Artists Title: Blue Note Plays the Beatles Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Blue Note Records Release Date: 6/15/2004 Genres: Blues, Jazz, R&B Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Postbebop, Smooth Jazz, Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo, Bebop, Funk Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 724359495521 |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder have been among the most original, influential and prolific songwriters to emerge after the advent of rock and roll. Jazz musicians have always had a keen ... more » |
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Album Description John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder have been among the most original, influential and prolific songwriters to emerge after the advent of rock and roll. Jazz musicians have always had a keen ear for pop tunes of lasting quality since Coleman Hawkins covered "Body And Soul." Blue Note celebrates the work of these great songwriters with three collections that gather inventive, defining versions of some of their finest compositions. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsVery enjoyable J. Schramm | Ohio | 06/27/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "The arrangements of these songs are perfect. If you are looking for a jazz CD with nice melodies that is not too heavy or that won't put you to sleep, I think you'll enjoy this one. You know the songs. The musicians put a nice spin on the tunes without hacking them up. Especially nice is the arrangement of "A Day In The Life"." Seamless Collection Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 03/14/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) ""Blue Note Plays the Beatles" is a good set that will please both jazz fans & Beatle fans -- and there are a lot of both! :) All of these tracks have been previously released. Recorded in 1964, Stanley Turrentine grooves delightfully on one of the Fab Four's early tunes "Can't Buy Me Love." This is a smashing opener to this set. Buddy Rich's 1967 version of "Norwegian Wood" states the melody with a huge brass section before taking off on a series of improvisations. Chet Baker's honey-drenched flugelhorn and Bud Shank's sexy sax are front & center on this 1967 version of "Hello Goodbye." One of the most successfully experimental treatments of the Beatles' tune is on Grant Green's 1970 reading of "A Day in the Life" with Green's funky guitar re-creating the now familiar melody. Stanley Jordan similarly explores the elasticity of the "Eleanor Rigby" melody with his guitar and Sammy Figueroa's percussion. Holly Cole stays close to the melody on her vocals of "I've Just Seen A Face," but looses some of the urgency of love that made the original so riveting. Bobby McFerrin's 1988 recording of "Drive My Car" is an utter delight with his acappella version of this excellent tune. Blue Note has done an excellent job of remastering these recordings spanning a 32-year period, making them seem to fit together as a seamless collection. Enjoy!"
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