A Beatles és a jazz – And I Love Her

2012. július 14., Maloschik Róbert

A dalt 1964 tavaszán írta Paul McCartney, kimondottan az első Beatles filmhez, az 1964 nyarán bemutatott „A Hard Day’s Night”-hoz. (Igaz, utólag John Lennon a Playboy-nak adott interjújában azt állította, hogy a középrészben négy sor tőle származik.)

A „soundtrack” LP Londonban 1963. július 25-e és december 19-e között 23 héten át vezetett. New Yorkban ugyanaz nap (július 23-e!) került a Billboard Top 200 Album lista élére, de ott mindössze (…) 14 hetet vezetett október 31-ig.

Talán nem meglepő módon Londonban platinalemez lett, viszont Amerikában sokak megdöbbenésére, még az aranylemez (ötszázezer eladott példány) minősítést sem érdemelte ki.

Habár Paul McCartney kezdeti éveinek ez volt az egyik legfülbemászóbb szerelmes dala, a kiadó Angliában nem forgalmazta kislemez formájában. Amerikában viszont a single A-oldalára (slágerhely!) tették (a B-oldalra az „If I Fell”-t), de így is csak a csalódást keltő 12. helyig jutott a Billboard Hot 100-on.

A jazz feldolgozások időrendben:

Érdekesség, hogy ez a dal nagyon tetszett/tetszik a jazz előadóknak, hisz 1964 és 2011 között nem kevesebb, mint 109 (egyszázkilenc) jazz feldolgozás készült. Én legalább is ennyiről tudok… Ja, és még valami: több énekesnő is „And I Love Him” címmel dolgozta fel a dalt.

Keely Smith 2’56” (And I Love Him!)(Keely Smith Sings the John Lennon/Paul McCartney Songbook 1964 LP)

Gary McFarland (vib, whistle, voc) 3’58” (Soft Samba 1964 LP)

Carmen McRae 2’13” (And I Love Him!) (Second to None 1964 LP)

Bob Hammer Band 4’35” (Beatlejazz! 1964 LP)

Willis Jackson 4’25” (Smoking with Willis 1965 LP)

(WJ – ts, Franklyn Robinson – tp, Butch Cornell – org, Vincent Corrao – g, Bob Bushnell – b, David Niskanan – dr)

Roland Kirk 3’03” (Slightly Latin 1965 LP)

Lena Horne 2’56” (And I Love Him!) (Feelin’ Good 1965 LP)

Shirley Horn 2’29” (And I Love Him!) (Travelin' Light 1965 LP)

Si Zentner & His Orchestra 2’10” (My Cup of Tea 1965 LP)

George Van Eps 1’59” (My Guitar 1965 LP)

(GVE – g, Frank Emilio Flynn – perc, vib)

Billy Larkin and the Delegates 2’07” (Hole in the Wall 1965 LP)

(BL – org, - eg, - dr)

Manfredo Fest Trio 3’00” (Os Sambeatles 1965 LP)

(MF – p, org, Humberto Clayber - b, Antonio Pinheiro - dr)

Count Basie & His Orchestra 2’49” (Basie’s Beatle Bag 1966 LP)

(Count Basie – p, Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau – tp, Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell – tb, Bill Hughes – btb, Marshall Royal – cl, as, Bobby Plater – fl, as, Eric Dixon – fl, ts, Eddie „Lockjaw” Davis – ts, Charlie Fowlkes – fl, bs, Freddie Green – g, Norman Keenan – b, Sonny Payne – dr)

Nancy Wilson 2’23” (And I Love Him!) (A Touch of Today 1966 LP)

Ramsey Lewis Trio 5’47” (Hang on Ramsey! LP 1966)

(RL – p, Redd Holt – b, Eldee Young – dr)

King Curtis (saxello) 2’27” (That Loving Feeling LP 1966)

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers 3’44” (Tough! 1966 LP)

(Henry „Pucho” Brown – timbales)

Jackie & Roy 2’59” (And I Love You!) (Changes 1967 LP)

(Jackie Cain – voc, Roy Kral – p, voc)

Ray Bryant 7’32” (Ray Bryant Touch 1967 LP)

(RB – p, Jimmy Rowser - b, Rudy Collins - dr)

Tokyo Cuban Boys 3’31” (bb!) (Plays Bossa Nova 1967 LP)

Grady Tate 4’46” (Windmills of My Mind 1968 LP)

(GT – voc, dr, Herbie Hancock – p, Bob Cranshaw – eb)

Helen Merrill (voc) 2’26” (And I Love Him!) (Helen Merrill Sings the Beatles 1970 LP)

(Masahiko Sato – p, Yasuo Arakawa – bg, Takeshi Inomata – dr)

Sarah Vaughan & Paich Big Band 4’12” (And I Love Him) (Songs of The Beatles LP 1981 LP)

Felix Slovacek (ss) 3’17” (Felix Slovacek a jeho Beatles 1986 CD)

Sadao Watanabe (fl) 4’24” (+bb!) (Goin’ Home 1987 CD)

L.A. Workshop 3’24” (Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 1988 LP)

(Steve Lukather – eg, Joe Pasquale - syn)

Brazilian Tropical Orchestra 2’21” (The Beatles in Bossa Nova 1990 CD)

John Abercrombie 5’24” (VA: Come Together – Guitar Tribute to The Beatles 1993 CD)

(JA – eg, ag, Marc Johnson – b, Peter Erskine – dr)

Ceccarelli Trio 4’48” (3 Around the 4 CD 1994)

(Thierry Eliez - p, Jean-Marc Jafet - b, André Ceccarelli – dr)

The Quintet of The Hot Club of San Francisco 5’13” (QHCSF 1994 CD)

(Paul Mehling – ag, bl, Paul Robinson - ag, Ned Boynton – ag, Julian Smedley - v, Evan Dain – b)

Diana Krall 7’05” (VA: (I Got No Kick Against Modern Jazz) – A GRP Artists’ Celebration of the Songs of The Beatles 1995 CD)

(DK – p, voc, Christian McBride – b, Lewis Nash – dr)

Kevin Hays 6’17” (Andalucia 1997 CD)

(KH – p, Ron Carter – b, Jack DeJohnette – dr)

Peter Ratzenbeck (ag) 1’38” (Outremer 1998 CD)

John Pizzarelli (voc) 3’52” (John Pizzarelli Meets The Beatles 1998 CD)

Dunn Pearson, Jr. 5’06” (Satin Sax 1998 CD)

(DP – ep, syn, - ss)

Ottottrio 4’29” (Triptych 1998 CD) (japán!)

Lisa Lauren (p, voc) 5’27” (What Comes Around 1998 CD)

Fabrizio Bosso (tp) 7’49” (Trio – Piu 1 = Live 2000 CD)

Ron Escheté (7-string g) 4’37” (The Beatles: An Instrumental Jazz Tribute 2000 CD)

(Ron Stout – tp, Roland Tennaty – vib, Dan May – p, Ben May - b, Gary Gibbons – dr)

Jim Horn (s) (A Beatles Tribute 2000 CD)

European Jazz Trio 3’55” (holland!) (Memories of Liverpool 2001 CD)

(Marc van Roon – p, Franz van der Hoeven – b, Roy Dackus – dr)

Robin Nolan Trio 5’57” (Ballads 2001 CD)

(RN – ag, Kevin Nolan – arg, Paul Meader – b)

Steve Hulse (p) (Jazzed for The Beatles 2001 CD)

Doctor 3 9’40” (The Tales of Doctor 3 CD 2001)

(Danilo Rea – p, Enzo Pietropoli – b, Fabrizio Sferra – dr)

Andrei Kondakov (p) & Paul Bollenbeck (g) 7’02” (Alone and Together 2002 CD)

Peter Calo (ag) (Here Comes the Sun: An Instrumental Tribute to The Beatles 2002 CD)

Martan Mann (Beatlejazz 2002 CD)

(MM – p, Dan Robbins – b, Wally Schnalle – dr)

Peter Lipa (voc) 4’48” (szlovák!) (Beatles in Blue(s) 2002 CD)

JB Project 6’03” (Brombo! 2003 CD)

(Otmaro Ruiz - p, Brian Bromberg – b, Akira Jimbo – dr)

David El-Malek (ts) 9’28” (Talking Cure 2003 CD)

Phil Abraham & Jazz Me Do 8’11” (belga!) (Jazz Me Do 2003 CD)

Victor Fields (voc) 4’23” (52nd Steet 2003 CD)

(+Gerald Albright - ts)

Peter Sprague (ts) (Pass the Drum 2003 CD)

Klass Generation 5’20” (And I Love Him!) (Pure Soothing Soul 06 CD 2003)

Peggy Duquesnel (p) (Tropical Breezes 2003 CD)

(+David Patt – g)

Gap Mangione (Stolen Moments 2004 CD)

Terry Callier 3’11” (Lookin’ Out 2004 CD)

Romantic Jazz Trio 7’14” (The Sweetest Sound 2004 CD)

(John Di Martino – p, Ira Coleman - b, Grady Tate - dr)

Fred Hersch 4’41” (Fred Hersch Trio + 2 CD 2004)

(FH – p, Drew Gress - b, Nasheet Waits - dr +Tony Malaby - ts, Ralph Alessi - tp)

Luca Jacovelli 6’55” (And I Love Him!) (Album sconosciuto 2004 CD)

(- voc, - fl, – p, - b, - dr)

Daniel Garcia Quinteto 3’39” (argentin!) (Tangoloco - Tangos de Liverpool 2004 CD)

Dan Moretti (ts) (Stories 2004 CD)

(Tim Ray – keyb, Bruce Bartlett – g, Marty Ballou – bg, Marty Richards – dr)

Adam Niewood (ts) 5’11” (Introducing Adam Niewood 2004 CD)

Henrique Cazes (ag) 3’35” (VA: Beatles’n’Choro Volume 4 CD 2005)

Eriko Ishihara 2’58” (And I Love Him!) (Eriko Ishihara Volume 2 CD 2005)

(EI – voc, p, Matt Miles - b, - dr)

Betty Joplin 4’16” (Visions of the Moment 2005 CD)

(BJ – voc, Rick Hicks – g, Larry Fuller – p, Larry Gray – b, Leon Joyce, Jr. – dr, perc)

Daniela Mercury 4’47” (Classical 2005 CD) (brazil!)

(DM – voc, Toni Augusto – g, Cesario Leony – b, Ramiro Musotto – dr, Beto Rezende – perc)

Giuseppe Milici (har) & Mauro Schiavone (p) 4’45” (Beatles Jazz Tribute 2005 CD)

BeatleJazz 5’50” (With a Little Help from Our Friends 2005 CD)

(David Kikoski – p, Larry Grenadier – b, Brian Melvin – dr + Mike Stern – g)

Katrine Madsen 5’02” (dán!) (Close to You 2005 CD)

(KM – voc, Hans Ulrik – fl, Stefano Bollani – p, Jesper Bodilsen – b, Morten Lund – dr)

Fou Rire 4’39” (norvég gypsy!) (Out of Manouche 2005 CD)

(Marius Graff - ag, Anders Akselsen Tandero - ag, Jan Olav Renvag - b)

Luca Colombo (ag) 4’43” (Playing The Beatles 2005 CD)

Brad Prevedoros (ag) (Moonlight on Roses 2005 CD)

Lisa Lauren (voc, p) 5’31” (And I Love Him!) (Lisa Lauren Loves The Beatles 2006 CD)

Mariano Diaz Quartet 7’04” (Plan B 2006 CD) (argentin zongorista spanyol zenészekkel!) (MD – p, Perico Sambeat - as, Mario Rossy - b, Marc Miralta - dr)

Deborah J. Carter (voc) 4’29” (And I Love Him!) (Daytripper 2006 CD)

(Coen Molenaar – p, Mark Zandveld – b, Enrique Firpi – dr)

Zona Sul 3’01” (And I Love Him!) (Beira 2006 CD)

(ZS – voc, Tizian Jost - p, Pedro Tagliani - ag)

Dave Mac Nab (g) (Tree-O 2006 CD)

Miles Stiebel (No Hassle Miles 2007 CD)

Jerry Stucker 3’21” (It’s All a Groove 2007 CD)

(JS – g, Neil Larsen – p, Freddie Washington – bg, James Gadson – dr)

Olive 4’40” (Olive Fantasy 2007 CD) (indonéz!)

Alfons Enjuanes 5’08” (Alfons Enjuanes Trio 2007 CD)

(AE – g, Horacio Fumero – b, Peer Wyboris – dr)

Murasaki Ensemble (Birds & Drums 2007 CD)

(Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto – koto, Vince Delgado –perc, Matt Eakle – fl, Jeff Massanari – ag, Alex Baum – b)

Kelly Jocoy (Verities 2007 CD)

(KJ – dr, Peter Sprague – g, Mike Wofford – p, Darek „Oles” Oleskiewicz – b, Tommy Aros – perc, Tripp Sprague – ts, ss, fl, Leonard Patton – voc)

Tobias Gebb & Trio West (West Side Story 2007 CD)

Ant Farm Quartet (Dialogues pt. 2 CD 2007)

Vince Di Mura (Darker Shade of Romance 2007 CD)

Lydia Gray (In My Eyes 2007 CD)

In Tune 3’14” (Acoustic Moods 2008 CD)

Walter Raim (Electrifying Guitar of Walter Raim 2008 CD)

Beegie Adair (p) 3’49” (Yesterday 2008 CD)

Katie Noonan (voc) 4’06” (ausztrál!) (Blackbird 2008 CD)

(Joe Lovano – ss, Sam Keevers – p, Ron Carter – b, Lewish Nash – dr)

Don Stille (p) (Keys to My Heart 2008 CD)

James Gregory (ag) (Samsara 2008 CD)

Philip Froehner (p) (Chances 2008 CD)

Kelley Suttenfield (Where Is Love? 2009 CD)

Jacinta 5’05” (Songs of Freedom 2009 CD) (portugál!)

(J – voc, p, - ts)

Harry Connick, Jr. 3’12” (Your Songs 2009 CD)

Anna Maria Flechero 4’29” (VA: In Love with Jazz Vol 3 CD 2009)

Tony B 4’04” (VA: In Love with Jazz Vol 3 (The Ultimate Smooth Jazz Collection) 2009 CD)

Fausto Papetti 4’05” (Magic Sax Celebration 2009 CD)

Daniel Diaz (b) (Lugar Comun 2009 CD) (argentin!)

Luca Pasqua 7’49” (Trio + 1 = Live 2009 CD)

(LP – eg, Riccardo Floravanti - b, Walter Calloni-dr +Fabrizio Bosso – flh)

Karen Aoki (voc, ag) 3’46” (Beautiful 2010 CD)

Bob Mocarsky (p) (Liverpool Stories 2010 CD)

(+Ela Alegre – voc)

Mina Agossi 4’06” (Just like a Lady 2010 CD)

(MA – voc, Eric Jacot - b)

Sharon Sable & E. Shawn Qaissaunee (Comfort Me 2010 CD)

Julian Waterfall Pollack 7’10” (Infinite Playground 2010 CD)

(JWP – p, Noah Garabedian – b, Evan Hughes – dr)

Till Brönner (voc, flh) 3’39” (At the End of the Day 2010 CD)

Pat Metheny (acoustic baritone guitar) 4’22” (What’s It All About 2011 CD)