[Dixielandjazz] Beatles Dixieland

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Apr 13, 2010, at 4:12 AM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

>  W1AB at aol.com wrote (polite snips)
>
>
>
> OK, here's another  request....
>
>    I'm a fan of the Beatles and their  music.  Many of the songs that
> Lennon and McCartney wrote are remarkably  good, and lend themselves  
> well to
> various musical idioms.
>
>    In my CD collection, there is a pretty  large subset of Beatles'  
> music
> played by various types of groups -- Bluegrass,  modern jazz, Chet
> Atkins, the cello section of the Berlin Philharmonic ("Cello   
> Submarine"),
> symphony orchestras, etc.  The main criterion for the CDs is  that  
> every
> track on a CD must be of the Beatles' music.
>
>    Alas, I have never yet found a CD  cut by a Dixieland band that  
> is ALL
> Beatles' music, even though a  lot of Beatles' tunes lend themselves  
> quite
> well to traditional jazz treatment,  such as "When I'm 64," and "All  
> My
> Loving."
>
>    Does anyone know of such a CD?   If so, I would very much  
> appreciate
> information on it.

Sorry to say, I don't know of one with all Beatles songs. There is a  
Basie album out with all Beatles Song, done in 1966. (See below)

To see/hear 2 Beatles Dixieland (and swing) songs see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVd9LfK_Yvs

I think the more modern jazz folks do a better job at integrating  
Beatles music with jazz. For example, Ramey Lewis, or Count Basie,  or  
Sarah Vaughn or Lena Horne. etc., etc.

For a discussion on some of the above, see:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112656949.

You may be able to listen to Ramsey Lewis there with a FUNKY version  
of Hard Day's Night. (As well as Basie, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock  
and Shirley Horn.

No question that MANY Beatles songs fir jazz, trad or other styles  
perfectly. Those of us with general audience "entertainment" Dixieland  
Bands make good use of them.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband