Name: Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney
Brand: GNP/Crescendo
SKU: 253292
Price: 15.63 USD
Availability: InStock

Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney

Rating

Album: Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	More Info...	0:02
2)	With a Little Luck	More Info...	0:03
3)	Imagine	More Info...	0:03
4)	Michelle	More Info...	0:03
5)	Woman	More Info...	0:03
6)	A World Without Love	More Info...	0:03
7)	Mull of Kintyre	More Info...	0:04
8)	The Fool On the Hill	More Info...	0:03
9)	Ebony & Ivory	More Info...	0:03
10)	Nowhere Man	More Info...	0:03
11)	Yesterday	More Info...	0:03
12)	She's Leaving Home	More Info...	0:03
13)	Here, There & Everywhere	More Info...	0:03
14)	Pipes of Peace	More Info...	0:04

Album: Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	More Info...	0:02
2)	With a Little Luck	More Info...	0:03
3)	Imagine	More Info...	0:03
4)	Michelle	More Info...	0:03
5)	Woman	More Info...	0:03
6)	A World Without Love	More Info...	0:03
7)	Mull of Kintyre	More Info...	0:04
8)	The Fool On the Hill	More Info...	0:03
9)	Ebony & Ivory	More Info...	0:03
10)	Nowhere Man	More Info...	0:03
11)	Yesterday	More Info...	0:03
12)	She's Leaving Home	More Info...	0:03
13)	Here, There & Everywhere	More Info...	0:03
14)	Pipes of Peace	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Acker Bilk (clarinet); Kenny Woodman (conductor).
Recorded at PRT Studios, London, England in 1986.
Acker Bilk was a solid English Dixieland jazz clarinetist who also crossed over into easy listening albums. Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney probably won't be enjoyed by most rock or jazz fans but it is an entertaining listening experience. One of the interesting things about it is that it includes as many solo cuts from the careers of Lennon & McCartney as it does tracks that the two wrote for The Beatles. The album's sweeping string arrangements and insipid keyboard lines sometimes get in the way of Bilk's concise clarinet playing but his musical personality still manages to shine through. Bilk mostly sticks firmly to the melodies of the songs but often starts improvising at the fade out. Ultimately, the album may contain kitschy elevator music but it's of the sort that's played in the better elevators and the tunes do show how melodically gifted both John Lennon and Paul McCartney were. ~ Nick Dedina