Jul 03
Beatles Nostalgia With Jazz Excitement
Familiar Beatles songs presented in cool jazz arrangements are both nostalgic and exciting.
I wasn’t into the Beatles when they were happening. I was into jazz and other things. Yet the tunes stuck in my body and mind - they are that good and memorable. When I hear some of the songs I go back in my memory to what I was doing in my life when I first heard the song.
The Beatles jazz concert idea started with my wife. I was playing some jazz arrangements of Beatles tunes at home and she especially enjoyed them and said they would make a good concert. Everybody else I spoke to about it really lit up at the mention of a Beatles concert, so I put it together.
I had no idea of the sheer volume of songs Lennon and McCartney wrote, I found over 100, and so many of them are hits. The play list for the concert includes Eleanor Rigby, And I Love Her, Lady Madonna and more and we will play them in Bossa Nova, swing, Reggae, New Orleans and Funk styles of jazz. Some are so lovely I started to tear up while practicing and others just make you want to grin and dance.
The posters just arrived. I think they are way cool. What do you think?
