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Blue Note Plays the Beatles contains 11 previously released performances by jazz artists dipping into the Lennon/McCartney songbook. When deciding to cover such well-known songs, an artist has two possible ways of going about it: either re-create the track with no challenge to the original or attempt the complete opposite. Falling into the first category are "I've Just Seen a Face" by Holly Cole, "And I Love Her" by Kevin Hays, and "Come Together" by Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson with Bob Belden. These are straightforward, enjoyable re-creations, but add nothing new to the originals. The second category is represented by the two strongest tracks on Blue Note Plays the Beatles: Bobby McFerrin's overdubbed a cappella "Drive My Car" and Grant Green's funk attack on "A Day in the Life." Both artists truly pay homage to the Beatles' creativity by breathing new life into these universally acclaimed tracks. Grant Green especially transforms "A Day in the Life" into a funk groove that completely sidesteps the majestic, string-laden, hallucinogenic cacophony that was the hallmark of the song. Overall, Blue Note Plays the Beatles is similar to the best of the Fab Four's original albums: wonderful middle-of-the-road material mixed with a few timeless oddities that should please both jazz heads and Beatles fans. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Blue Note Plays the Beatles
05/18/2004 | Blue Note Records
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Tom McIntosh
- Trombone
- Ron McMaster
- Mastering
- Mulgrew Miller
- Piano
- Yoshito Murakami
- Trumpet
- Dianne Reeves
- Vocals
- Richie Resnicoff
- Guitar
- Emanuel Riggins
- Organ
- Ray Starling
- Piano
- James Trimble
- Trombone
- Ernie Watts
- Sax (Alto)
- Francis Wolff
- Producer
- Phil Woods
- Clarinet
- Kevin Breit
- Guitar
- David Dyson
- Bass (Electric)
- James Gavin
- Liner Notes
- John Sottile
- Trumpet
- Lee Morgan Quintet
- Trumpet
- Gordon Jee
- Creative Director
- Bill Wimberly
- Trombone (Bass)
- Robert Keller
- Sax (Tenor)
- Michael "Dino" Campbell
- Guitar
- James Gannon
- Bass
- Jimmy Lewis
- Bass (Electric)
- Jim Buffington
- French Horn
- Eileen Preston
- Art Direction, Design
- Bob West
- Bass
- Holly Cole
- Vocals
- Wallace Roney
- Trumpet
- Tim Hagans
- Trumpet
- Bob Cranshaw
- Bass
- McCoy Tyner
- Piano
- Danny Bank
- Clarinet (Bass)
- Claude Bartee, Jr.
- Sax (Tenor)
- Richard Bock
- Producer
- Dennis Budimir
- Guitar
- Don Butterfield
- Tuba
- Candido Camero
- Conga
- Ira Coleman
- Bass
- Jay Corre
- Sax (Tenor)
- Michael Cuscuna
- Compilation Producer
- Aaron Davis
- Piano
- Quinn Davis
- Sax (Alto)
- Al di Meola
- Producer
- Sammy Figueroa
- Percussion
- Chuck Findley
- Trumpet
- Marty Flax
- Sax (Baritone)
- Linda Goldstein
- Producer
- John Guerin
- Drums
- Kevin Hays
- Piano, Piano (Electric)
- Idris Muhammad
- Drums
- Billy Kilson
- Drums
- Richard Landrum
- Bongos
- Alfred Lion
- Producer
- Chet Baker
- Flugelhorn
- Bob Belden
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Producer, Tympani (Timpani)
- Ron Carter
- Bass
- Jack DeJohnette
- Drums
- Herb Ellis
- Guitar
- Victor Feldman
- Percussion, Piano
- Grant Green
- Guitar
- Fareed Haque
- Guitar
- Bill Holman
- Arranger
- Elvin Jones
- Drums
- Philly Joe Jones
- Drums
- Stanley Jordan
- Guitar
- Bobby McFerrin
- Vocals, Producer
- Blue Mitchell
- Trumpet
- Oliver Nelson
- Arranger
- Bill Pierce
- Sax (Soprano)
- Buddy Rich
- Drums
- Bud Shank
- Sax (Alto)
- Bobby Shew
- Trumpet
- Wayne Shorter
- Sax (Tenor)
- Stanley Turrentine
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tony Williams
- Drums, Producer
- Cassandra Wilson
- Vocals
- Ernie Royal
- Trumpet
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