Comments on: When Jazz Meets the Fab Four: Essential Beatles Covers

By: Auro

Auro — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:51:12 +0000

I am a huge fan of Brad Mehldau’s cover of And I Love Her. The trio version from the Blues and Ballads album. Captures the beauty and stateliness of the original and then takes it somewhere else.

By: Matt Fripp

Matt Fripp — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:03:31 +0000

In reply to David A. Nelson. Thanks for taking the time to really listen to those and come up with that feedback!

By: David A. Nelson

David A. Nelson — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:55:10 +0000

The problem with this is the vast majority of Beatles jazz covers are weak. Three of these songs are truly worth listening to more than once. Yesterday by Shirley Horn is strong, although she kind of blows past the accompaniment after a time. Brad Mehldau’s piano cover of Your Mother Should Know gets to the heart of McCartney’s whimsy. Jaco’s Blackbird is out there, but works because of the level of commitment. Nothing else stands out. Diana Krall’s version of And I Love Her is not bad, although she doesn’t have a lot of tricks up her sleeve, making the song sound like any number of her other tunes. The McCoy Tyner cover of She’s Leaving Home is good, although it’s not consistently interesting. Count Basie’s run through All My Loving is also good (if a bit bombastic) with the musicians’ ferreting out themes and performing a solid arrangement. The others are weaker, despite having talented players. I am at a loss as to why so many Beatles’ covers are bad. Maybe it’s as simple as choosing to cover a song for the wrong reason, rather than because you love it.

By: Matt Fripp

Matt Fripp — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:11:26 +0000

In reply to Paul. Cool - feel free to share the link if you want!

By: andrew pengelly

andrew pengelly — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 03:08:41 +0000

“Cant by me Love” by Stanley Turrentine, hard bop style. Amazing band with Morgan, Tyner, Cranshaw, E. Jones and Baretto. ” Mr Natural”.

By: Stephen Rosenfeld

Stephen Rosenfeld — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:51:25 +0000

Lena Horne (with Gabor Szabo) reimagining In My Life—I listened to it more than 100 times over the years, and it’s still as fresh as ever.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:25:29 +0000

I just made a Playlist of all these tracks. A long time Beatles and Jazz fan, so this was perfect!!