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- Date Released: August 25, 1998
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: RCA Victor
- Copyright: (P) 1998 BMG Entertainment
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They Say...
Beatles fans love to explain that the key to the successful partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney was their contrasting songwriting personalities -- Lennon was the tongue in cheek sardonic wit, McCartney the earnest balladeer. On John Pizzarelli Meets the Beatles, a sharply conceived tribute which sets the duo's classics in a jazz trio with big-band arrangements, the singer/guitarist hits the mark more often when he's taking on the Lennon persona. He approaches "Cant' Buy Me Love," "When I'm 64," and "Get Back" with a playful wink, jumping off his speedy melody lines and the rising brass sections for extended improvisational tradeoffs with pianist Ray Kennedy, and adding colorful touches like scatting and even ad libbing his own lyrical verses based on the originals. Likewise, he attacks the all-instrumental "Eleanor Rigby" with a jumpy, swinging aggression. Pizzarelli, however, becomes overly schmaltzy in presenting ballads like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Long and Winding Road" too seriously, with maudlin, straightforward arrangements that grind the party to a halt. The one exception is the more percussive "Oh Darling," where his intense vocal helps the tune rise above the hotel lounge mentality.
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Credits
- Ken Peplowski - Clarinet // Ken Peplowski - Clarinet // Ken Peplowski - Clarinet // Ken Peplowski - Clarinet // John Miller - Bass // Harry Allen - Sax (Tenor) // Harry Allen - Sax (Tenor) // Harry Allen - Sax (Tenor) // Harry Allen - Sax (Tenor) // Sanford Allen - Violin // Wayne Andre - Trombone // Belinda Whitney-Barratt - Violin // Kenny Berger - Saxophone // Joseph Bongiorno - Bass // Alfred Brown - Violin // Kenneth Burward-Hoy - Viola // Stephanie Cummins - Cello // Jim Czak - Engineer // Jim Czak - Mixing // Don Sebesky - Flute // Don Sebesky - Strings // Don Sebesky - Accordion // Don Sebesky - Arranger // Don Sebesky - Conductor // Don Sebesky - Producer // Don Sebesky - Orchestration // Max Ellen - Violin // Sammy Figueroa - Percussion // Barry Finclair - Violin // Andy Fusco - Saxophone // Andy Fusco - Sax (Alto) // Bernie Grundman - Mastering // Juliet Haffner - Viola // Tony Kadleck - Trumpet // Karen Karlsrud - Violin // Jeanne LeBlanc - Cello // Jesse Levy - Cello // John Mosca - Trombone // John Pizzarelli - Guitar // John Pizzarelli - Arranger // John Pizzarelli - Vocals // John Pizzarelli - Producer // John Pizzarelli - Main Performer // Martin Pizzarelli - Bass // Jim Pugh - Trombone // Allen Ralph - Trombone // Barry Ries - Trumpet // Laura Seaton - Violin // Richard Sortomme - Violin // Mitsue Takayama - Viola // Leslie Tomkins - Viola // Ron Tooley - Trumpet // Avril Brown - Violin // Maxine Roach - Viola // Bill Moss - Assistant Engineer // Melissa Meel - Cello // Rick Dolan - Violin // Gary Keller - Saxophone // Joel Pitchon - Violin // Liuh-Wen Ting - Viola // Chuck Wilson - Saxophone // Douglas Romoff - Bass // Xin Zhao - Violin // Tony Tedesco - Drums // Jim O'Connor - Trumpet // Peter Gordon - French Horn // Adam Grabois - Cello // Laura Oatts - Violin // Lisa Matricardi - Violin // Evan Johnson - Violin // Chungsun Kim - Cello
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Other Details
- Instruments:
- Clarinet //
- Flute //
- Guitar //
- Percussion //
- Piano //
- Trombone //
- Trumpet //
- Violin //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Saxophone //
- Sax (Alto) //
- Sax (Tenor) //
- Double Bass
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