[JPL] Beatles Jazz Covers

[Doug Crane]

Derrick:

A few personal favorites of mine are:

- Mark Turner "She Said, She Said" from the WB CD "In This World" (1998)
- Janis Siegel & Fred Hersch "For No One" from the Varese Sarabande 
CD "Slow Hot Wind" (1995)
- Eden Atwood "Fool on the Hill" from "Waves: The Bossa Nova Session" 
(Groove Note 2002)

Also:

- Don Ellis at the Fillmore features a totally deconstructed, very 
fun and often funny version of "Hey Jude" (1970)
- Brad Mehldau covers Martha My Dear and She's Leaving Home on Day is 
Done, also Dear Prudence on Largo
- Gil Goldstein "In My Life" from the Blue Note CD of the same name 
(also on a Blue Note compilation I believe, title escapes me)
- Bob Dorough "Norwegian Wood" from "Beginning to See the Light" 
(Laissez-Faire 1976)
- Milton Nascimento "Hello Goodbye" from Angelus (WB 1994)
- Milton Nascimento/Gilberto Gil "Something" from Milton & Gil (WB 2000)
- Dave Ellis "Tomorrow Never Knows from Raven (Monarch 1996)
- Renee Rosnes "With a Little Help from My Friends" from Art & Soul 
(Blue Note 1999)
- Freddie Hubbard gives Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral 
Halsey" a far better treatment than the song deserves (First Light 
CTI 1971).  I think this entire recording features some of Freddie's 
most gorgeous playing ever recorded.  Certainly not the jazziest but 
who cares?  He sounds sublime.  The tune is a post-Beatles and 
pre-Wings tune though.
- George Benson "Here, There and Everywhere" from Tenderly (WB 
1989).  Getting pretty close to that Smooth Jazz thing but he sure 
sounds mighty fine on this one.

and:

There are also two collections on Blue Note which I don't think 
anyone has mentioned thus far.  Tunes and artists listed below.

Bob Belden Presents Strawberry Fields
Label: Blue Note Records, 1996

1. Come Together - Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson
2. Strawberry Fields Forever - Cassandra Wilson
3. Tomorrow Never Knows - Dianne Reeves
4. I'm Only Sleeping - Holly Cole
5. Get Back - Junko Onishi
6. The Fool On The Hill - Javon Jackson, Dianne Reeves
7. I've Just Seen A Face - Holly Cole
8. Hey Jude - Greg Osby
9. Lady Madonna - Penny Ford
10. Let It Be - Sylvia Shemwell

Blue Note Plays The Beatles
Label: Blue Note Records, 2004

1. Can't Buy Me Love - Stanley Turrentine
2. Yesterday - Lee Morgan
3. Norwegian Wood - Buddy Rich
4. Hello Goodbye - Bud Shank
5. A Day In The Life - Grant Green
6. Eleanor Rigby - Stanley Jordan
7. Blackbird - Tony Williams
8. I've Just Seen A Face - Holly Cole
9. And I Love Her - Kevin Hays
10. Come Together - Cassandra Wilson
11. Drive My Car - Bobby McFerrin

And check out these next two compilations.  They were released 
internationally but never in the US.  Some of the artists and titles 
look kind of interesting.  (Text was copied from a French website)

Glass Onion: Songs Of The Beatles
Label: Wea International, 2003

1. Glass Onion - Arif Mardin
2. Savoy Truffle - Ella Fitzgerald
3. Day Tripper - Tamiko Jones, Herbie Mann
4. Word - Harvey Averne
5. Hey Jude - Enforcers, Clarence Wheeler
6. Something - Wade Marcus
7. Come Together - The Meters
8. Drive My Car - Black Heat
9. All You Need Is Love - Freedom Sounds, Wayne Henderson
10. The Long And Winding Road - Aretha Franklin
11. And I Love Her - King Curtis
12. Carry That Weight - Carmen McRae
13. A Hard Day's Night - Eddie Cano, Nino Tempo
14. Get Back - Shirley Scott,
15. I Saw Her Standing There - Little Richard
16. Good Day Sunshine - Roy Redmond
17. Got To Get You Into My Life - Ella Fitzgerald
18. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Bill Cosby
19. Let It Be - Aretha Franklin
20. Yesterday - David Newman, David "Fathead" Newman

Daytrippers: Songs Of The Beatles
Label: Wea/Warner, 2005

1. Day Tripper - Otis Redding
2. Night Before - Herbie Mann
3. I Feel Fine - Ray Ellis
4. Here There And Everywhere - Carmen McRae
5. Because - Shirley Scott
6. And I Love Him - Esther Phillips
7. Yellow Submarine - Don Randi Trio + 1
8. Hey Jude - King Curtis
9. Let It Be - Clarence Carter
10. Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin
11. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Arthur Conley
12. Give Peace A Chance - Johnny Harris
13. My Sweet Lord - Marion Williams
14. Got To Get You Into My Life - Don Randi Trio + 1
15. Something - Carmen McRae
16. Yesterday - Ray Ellis
17. Michelle - King Curtis
18. Come Together - Herbie Mann
19. Dear Prudence - Brad Mehldau

And yet more:

Basie's Beatle Bag - Count Basie
Label: Verve (1966, 1998 pour le CD)

1. Help!
2. Can't Buy Me Love
3. Michelle
4. I Wanna Be Your Man
5. Do You Want To Know A Secret?
6. A Hard Day's Night
7. All My Loving
8. Yesterday
9. And I Love Her
10. Hold Me Tight
11. She Loves You
12. Kansas City

Songs Of The Beatles - Sarah Vaughan
Label: Atlantic / Wea, 1981

Sarah Vaughan (vocals); John Smith (tenor saxophone); Toots Thielmans 
(harmonica); David Paich, Marty Paich (keyboards); Lee Ritenour, Dean 
Parks (guitar); David Hungate, Bob Magnusson (bass); Jeff Porcaro 
(drums, percussion); Bobbye Hall (percussion)
(looks like "Sarah meets Toto" as about half of the band is listed as sidemen)

1. Get Back
2. And I Love Her
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. The Fool On The Hill
5. You Never Give Me Your Money
6. Come Together
7. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
8. Blackbird
9. Something
10. Here There And Everywhere
11. The Long And Winding Road
12. Yesterday
13. Hey Jude

Motown Meets The Beatles
Label: Universal, 2005

1. A Hard Day's Night - The Supremes
2. Eleanor Rigby - The Four Tops
3. We Can Work Out - Stevie Wonder
4. Hey Jude - The Temptations
5. Yesterday - Marvin Gaye
6. The Long And Winding Road - Diana Ross
7. Come Together - The Supremes
8. She's Leaving Home - Syreeta
9. You Can't Do That - The Supremes
10. The Fool On The Hill - The Four Tops
11. Michelle - The Four Tops
12. And I Love Her - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
13. Something - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
14. Let It Be - Gladys Knight & The Pips
15. Imagine - Diana Ross
16. My Love - Jr. Walker
17. My Sweet Lord - Edwin Starr

I had quite a bit of fun putting this list together.  Hope you find 
it of some value.

Doug Crane
dcrane at comcast.net
KUVO Denver 89.3 FM
Wednesdays 7 to 9 PM


>Hey Jazz Family,
>
>Next week marks the 45th anniversary of The Beatles coming to America.
>
>So, I would like to know what are your favorite Beatle (and solo
>Beatles) jazz covers? Since we're doing a whole week paying tribute to
>the Fab Four any and all suggestions are welcome
>
>Here, There and Everywhere,
>
>Derrick