[Dixielandjazz] Beatle Jazz

[Marek Boym]

Kenny Ball was doing it in the 1960's!  The only Beatles songs I used
to know (other than The Yellow Submarine) came from Kenny.
Cheers

On 15/02/07, Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> A while back on a thread about playing "new" songs to gain new audience for
> Dixieland, someone suggested Beatles tunes, some of which are adaptable to
> OKOM.
>
> The modern guys are ahead of us, see below from a promo mailed to me. There
> are mp3s on the web site. Not OKOM but fun if you are a Beatle's fan.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
> Beatlejazz is the brainchild of drummer-percussionist Brian Melvin and
> pianist David Kikoski. Brian has been adapting Beatles' music to jazz for
> over 15 years. They decided to record his ideas in 1999. That is when
> Beatlejazz first started. The first CD, "A Bite of The Apple" was recorded
> and released in 2001. The first two CDs were in a trio format with Charles
> Fambrough on bass. It was an instant success and reached the top ten on the
> Gavin radio charts. The second CD was "Another Bite of The Apple" which was
> released in 2002 and again was in the top ten of Jazz radio. Then in 2005
> Beatlejazz released "With A Little Help from Our Friends", featuring Michael
> Brecker, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Larry Grenadier, and
> Boris Kozlov. The group decided to add some friends and add some new colors
> to their sound. This was an international hit and hailed as one of the years
> best CDs. Now coming in 2007 is "All You Need". This is simply an
> outstanding new piece of work and will feature Richard Bona, Joe Lovano,
> Toots Thielemans, Larry Grenadier along with new arrangements by Brian and
> David. Beatlejazz plans to tour as a trio and add a featured guest here and
> there. We hope to see you soon. Peace and Light. Beatlejazz.
>
> http://www.brianmelvin.com/beatlejazz.htm
>
>
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