23 Mar 2024

Jazz Takes on the Beatles (1)

From Inside Out, 5:01 pm on 23 March 2024
The Beatles' George Harrison, John Lennon (top), Paul McCartney (bottom), and Ringo Starr in 1964.

The Beatles' George Harrison, , John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 1964. Photo: Getty Images / Corbis Historical / George Rinhart

 

Nick Tipping dedicates the programme to the music of Lennon and McCartney, with jazz tunes that reinvent the Beatles - from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to fusion player Jaco Pastorius. This is a 2-part show- check out Part 2 here!

 

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

# Artist: Song: Composer: Album Label: Duration:
1 Manhattan Jazz Quintet We Can Work it Out Lennon/.McCartney Come Together Videoarts 05:52
2 Count Basie A Hard Day's Night Lennon/.McCartney Basie's Beatle bag Verve 04:22
3 Monty Alexander Let it Be Lennon/.McCartney Taste of Freedom MGM 03:42
4 Frank Sinatra Something Harrison My Way Reprise 03:34
5 George Benson "I Want You (She's So Heavy) Lennon/.McCartney The Other Side of Abbey Road A&M 05:56
6 Dave Liebman Trio She's A Woman / Lady Madonna Lennon/.McCartney Lieb plays the Beatles Daybreak 07:21
7 Count Basie Hey Jude Lennon/.McCartney Basie on the Beatles Verve 04:21
8 Jaco Pastorius Blackbird Lennon/.McCartney Word of Mouth Warner 02:50
9 Vince Guaraldi I'm a Loser Lennon/.McCartney Live at El Matador Fantasy 02:44
10 Joe Pas Yesterday Lennon/.McCartney Virtuoso 4 Pablo 04:29
11 Ramsey Lewis And I Love Her Lennon/.McCartney Hang on Ramsey! Cadet 05:00
12 Sarah Vaughan Yesterday Lennon/.McCartney Songs of the Beatles Atlantic 04:02

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