24 Sep 2022

Jazzing the Beatles (1)

From Inside Out, 5:01 pm on 24 September 2022
The Beatles in 1969.

The Beatles in 1969. Photo: Supplied / thebeatles.com

 

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 players Allan Holdsworth and Marcus Miller.

 

 

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 Pass 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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