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John Pizzarelli lays it all out in the title of his 2015 album: this tribute to Paul McCartney is designed for play in the smoky late-night hours, when everything turns sweet and mellow. Furthermore, this is a tribute to McCartney, not the Beatles. There isn't a Fab song to be found here, as Pizzarelli focuses entirely on Paul's solo work (for these intents and purposes, this includes Wings records), concentrating on the '70s but also sliding McCartney's Great American Songbook wannabe "My Valentine" into the mix. Pizzarelli digs up a few other obscurities -- the early Wings song "Some People Never Know," the Speed of Sound deep cut "Warm and Beautiful" -- and he also plays around with expectations, making "Let 'Em In" swing like mad and relaxing "Hi Hi Hi" so it doesn't rock, it grooves. He also invites Michael McDonald to sing on "Coming Up," which swaggers like Sinatra in Vegas, but for as delightful as that is, the key to the record's success is Pizzarelli himself, who delivers upon the laid-back promise of the title but is savvier than he needed to be, which is why Midnight McCartney satisfies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Duduka Da Fonseca, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Helio Alves, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Pizzarelli, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Bucky Pizzarelli, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goldings, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Sklar, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Woodiel, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Cardona, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Zeh, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Fink, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goldings, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Kadleck, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Mosca, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Fusco, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Konrad Paszkudzki, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duduka Da Fonseca, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Harry Allen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Helio Alves, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Pizzarelli, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Bucky Pizzarelli, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goldings, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Sklar, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Woodiel, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Cardona, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Zeh, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Fink, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Kadleck, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Mosca, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Fusco, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goldings, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Bucky Pizzarelli, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Sklar, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Woodiel, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Cardona, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Zeh, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Allen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Fink, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Konrad Paszkudzki, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duduka Da Fonseca, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Harry Allen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Helio Alves, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Pizzarelli, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Don Sebesky, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Kadleck, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Mosca, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Fusco, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Pizzarelli, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Linda Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goldings, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kanner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Duduka Da Fonseca, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Pizzarelli, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pizzarelli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Molaskey, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Helio Alves, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Pizzarelli, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
John Pizzarelli lays it all out in the title of his 2015 album: this tribute to Paul McCartney is designed for play in the smoky late-night hours, when everything turns sweet and mellow. Furthermore, this is a tribute to McCartney, not the Beatles. There isn't a Fab song to be found here, as Pizzarelli focuses entirely on Paul's solo work (for these intents and purposes, this includes Wings records), concentrating on the '70s but also sliding McCartney's Great American Songbook wannabe "My Valentine" into the mix. Pizzarelli digs up a few other obscurities -- the early Wings song "Some People Never Know," the Speed of Sound deep cut "Warm and Beautiful" -- and he also plays around with expectations, making "Let 'Em In" swing like mad and relaxing "Hi Hi Hi" so it doesn't rock, it grooves. He also invites Michael McDonald to sing on "Coming Up," which swaggers like Sinatra in Vegas, but for as delightful as that is, the key to the record's success is Pizzarelli himself, who delivers upon the laid-back promise of the title but is savvier than he needed to be, which is why Midnight McCartney satisfies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: John Pizzarelli
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2015 MPL Communications, Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
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