"... 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." (Allmusic)
Het zat er dik in dat John met z'n zachte, zwoele zangstijl 'ns een bossanova-album zou maken: die stem is er geknipt voor! Hij eert hier Joao Gilberto en zingt natuurlijk veel Jobim-liederen, maar ook James Taylors 'Your Smiling Face'.
"The fifth in Ray Brown's series of recordings pairing his working trio with several different musicians from the same family of instruments features a half-dozen guitarists, ranging from Herb Ellis and Ulf Wakenius to veteran Kenny Burrell, as well as seasoned players like John Pizzarelli and Bruce Forman and the rising star Russell Malone. Each song sounds as if the group could be a working quartet, due to the great interaction between the trio and each guest. So it's very easy to recommend this very enjoyable disc." (Allmusic)
Album uit 1990. Een min of meer unplugged opname van John Pizzarelli waardoor zijn mooie stem nog natuurlijker klinkt.
RCA 07863-675012
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