The House of Jazz presents
Jazz Colours - The music that revolves around you
12 games on jazz and its influences
6th meeting
Jazz and Beatles
Wednesday, November 11
Auditorium of the Casa del Jazz
Ardeatina Gate Avenue, 55 - 00153 Roma
19.00
Free admission
Info line: Tel 2006 704 731 (Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 18.00)
With the expertise of Victor Malpassuto
With
Zifarelli Rocco (electric guitar and oud)
Joseph Holland (bass)
Fabio Accardi (drums)
If you think only a few Beatles songs as compositions of extraordinary, one finds that, liberated from the original versions that made them famous through the powerful interpretations of Paul, John, George and Ringo, are able to enter in the ideal " song book "available to all those artists who want to welcome you to their personal repertoire. The jazz is no exception and it happened that the overtly pop hits, signed by the Fab Four, have become, to all the title, the actual standards. How Not to mention the monumental versions sung by voices like those of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Caterina Valente or RayCharles, able to read and develop their potential within the structure of the closed-form song. On the orchestral "full swing" the first name of all is the legendary Count Basie and in '66 he recorded with his big band "Beatles Bag". In no particular order are: John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Toots Thielemans, David Fiuczynski, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Revees, Greg Osby, Spyro Gyra, Arturo Sandoval. And yet, it is impossible to name them all, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Oscar Peterson. Then there is the dense band of harboppers including: the saxophonists Stanley Turrentine, James Moody, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Herbie Mann and the wonderful guitarist Wes Montgomery. But it is the modern pianists to play the part of the lion by McCoy Tyner Chick Corea, Ramsey Lewis by Brad Mehldau. On the vocalist? Carmen McRae, Carol Sloane, Diana Krall and Bobby McFerrin. And then ...
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