Styles: Revival Swing
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:03
Size: 108,4 MB
Art: Front
(3:37) 1. Can't Buy Me Love
(2:48) 2. I've Just Seen A Face
(5:04) 3. Here Comes The Sun
(4:16) 4. Things We Said Today
(3:27) 5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
(5:03) 6. Eleanor Rigby
(3:57) 7. And I Love Her
(2:45) 8. When I'm 64
(4:04) 9. Oh Darling
(4:01) 10. Get Back
(3:46) 11. Long And Winding Road
(3:12) 12. For No One
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:03
Size: 108,4 MB
Art: Front
(3:37) 1. Can't Buy Me Love
(2:48) 2. I've Just Seen A Face
(5:04) 3. Here Comes The Sun
(4:16) 4. Things We Said Today
(3:27) 5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
(5:03) 6. Eleanor Rigby
(3:57) 7. And I Love Her
(2:45) 8. When I'm 64
(4:04) 9. Oh Darling
(4:01) 10. Get Back
(3:46) 11. Long And Winding Road
(3:12) 12. For No One
Beatles fans love to explain that the key to the successful partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney was their contrasting songwriting personalities Lennon was the tongue in cheek sardonic wit, McCartney the earnest balladeer. On John Pizzarelli Meets the Beatles, a sharply conceived tribute which sets the duo's classics in a jazz trio with big-band arrangements, the singer/guitarist hits the mark more often when he's taking on the Lennon persona. He approaches "Cant' Buy Me Love," "When I'm 64," and "Get Back" with a playful wink, jumping off his speedy melody lines and the rising brass sections for extended improvisational tradeoffs with pianist Ray Kennedy, and adding colorful touches like scatting and even ad libbing his own lyrical verses based on the originals. Likewise, he attacks the all-instrumental "Eleanor Rigby" with a jumpy, swinging aggression. Pizzarelli, however, becomes overly schmaltzy in presenting ballads like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Long and Winding Road" too seriously, with maudlin, straightforward arrangements that grind the party to a halt. The one exception is the more percussive "Oh Darling," where his intense vocal helps the tune rise above the hotel lounge mentality. ~ Jonathan Widran http://www.allmusic.com/album/meets-the-beatles-mw0000041997
It's been years since I listen to a Beatles record, bur I think I have more than 20 tribute albums. These songs are like the sun, the wind, the air : Been there all my life. This one was missing from my collection. Pizzarelli goes three ways : strings (I hate strings) straight jazz (Listen To I've Just Seen The Face) and jazz wiith brass, done in a fun way (Can't Buy Me Love) Like all the records PIzza have done, this is sympathique. Thank you beaucoup.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this Giullia G. I just love the big band arrangements, and Ray Kennedy is a bonus on any recording.
ReplyDeleteMario B and Jazzman77, Glad you liked!
ReplyDeleteThank You!