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WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARIST AND SINGER JOHN PIZZARELLI PERFORMS REPERTOIRE FROM PAUL McCARTNEY’S RICH MUSICAL CATALOG
Paul McCartney had a great idea for an album. He just needed the world-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli to make it.
“I got an idea got in my head,” McCartney wrote to Pizzarelli in late May 2014. “It might be interesting for you to do a few of my songs that are lesser known than some of the others. I realize this may be a little immodest, if not pushy.” “I imagine the songs would include post-Beatles melodies of mine like ‘Love in the Open Air’ (from the soundtrack to 1967 film The Family Way), ‘Junk,’ ‘Warm and Beautiful’ and, possibly, ‘My Valentine.’”
“My Valentine” was the one McCartney composition on his album of songs from the ’30s and ’40s, Kisses on the Bottom (MPL/Hear Music/Concord). Pizzarelli played guitar on the album and backed Sir Paul on a handful of prestigious live performances, including the GRAMMY Awards, MusiCares Person of the Year gala and the initial iTunes/Apple TV live broadcast. Hailed as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded his repertoire by performing the music of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Lennon-McCartney.
McCartney concluded in his letter, “The attraction for me is lesser-known tunes done in a mellow jazz style and, if it gets some traction, maybe the album could be titled Midnight McCartney. As I said, this may tickle your fancy or you may decide these are the ramblings of a deranged composer with too much time on his hands.”
To say Pizzarelli was tickled is putting it mildly.
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Love Dance
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John Pizzarelli - “I Got Rhythm“ (solo) at the Fretboard Journal
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John Pizzarelli Trio - It’s Only a Paper Moon
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Lullaby of birdland [Jazz karaoke - sing along background] for the female singers - Sarah Vaughn
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What A Difference A Day Made
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Keep Looking
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Tiger in the Rain
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I Want to Be Happy
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Trade Winds (2020 Remaster)
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Living on the Inside
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John Pizzarelli: Heart Of The Country
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John and Bucky Pizzarrelli - 2002 MAC Awards - Honeysuckle Rose and Route 66
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CHET BAKER - dancing on the ceiling - voice scat solo #ChetBaker #jazz #trumpet
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Compared to What
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James Taylor - As Easy As Rolling Off A Log (Anaheim, CA, Oct 30, 2021)
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY THEME arrangement for piano with six hands
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John Pizzarelli - Live in Montreal 1992
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John Pizzarelli - Baubles, Bangles and Beads from Sinatra & Jobim @50
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John Pizzarelli And Daniel Jobim ’Agua de Beber’ | Live Studio Session
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster)
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Pick Yourself Up - All-Star Jazz Collab for the Actors Fund
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James Taylor - American Standard: Teach Me Tonight (Official Music Video)
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2020 Remaster)