[Dixielandjazz] Beatles Dixieland

[Marek Boym]

A whole LP - no.  But Kenny Ball played a few.
Cheers

On 13/04/2010, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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