23 Mar 2024

Jazz Takes on the Beatles (2)

From Inside Out, 5:00 pm on 23 March 2024
Au secours!
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1965
directed by Richard Lester
John Lennon, 
George Harrison, 
Paul McCartney 
Ringo Starr.
COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL / RnB © United Artists / Walter Shenson Films / Subafilms (Photo by United Artists / Walter Shenson / Collection ChristopheL via AFP)

Photo: AFP / United Artists / Walter Shenson

 

In Part 2 of a 2-part show, Nick Tipping dedicates the programme to the music of Lennon and McCartney, with jazz tunes that reinvent the Beatles - from Herbie Hancock and Groove Collective to fusion players Allan Holdsworth and Marcus Miller.

 

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

# Artist: Song: Composer: Album Label: Duration:
1 Groove Collective I Want You (She's So Heavy) Lennon / McCartney   Giant Step 05:47
2 Herbie Hancock Norwegian Wood Lennon / McCartney The New Standard Verve 08:07
3 Brad Mehldau She's Leaving Home Lennon / McCartney Day is Done Nonesuch 09:04
4 Lonnie Smith Eleanor Rigby Lennon / McCartney Turning Point Blue Note 09:16
5 Colin Towns & NDR Big Band Lucy in the Sky/I want you (She's so heavy) Lennon / McCartney John Lennon - In My Own Write Provocateur 07:43
6 Allan Holdsworth Michelle Lennon / McCartney Come Together - Guitar Tribute to the Beatles NYC 04:54
7 Marcus Miller Come Togethr Lennon/.McCartney Tales Pra 05:30

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