I first heard The Other Side Of Abbey Road at a cozy coffee shop in Hollywood, California, early in my jazz discovery days. At the time, I was just recovering from a heavy overdose on the Beatles, having listened to all their post-LSD records almost exclusively for several months. I was ready for something new, and an album of Beatles covers was not exactly what I had in mind. Nevertheless, my curiosity was aroused once George Benson’s velvety voice rang out across the cafe singing “Golden Slumbers” against Don Sebesky’s schmaltzy backdrop of strings. “Hmmm…” I thought somewhat dismissively, as the song transitioned into a borderline musak version of “You Never Give Me Your Money.” The lush baroque string arrangement on “Because” had me reaching for my magazine when Idris Muhammad and Ron Carter intervened, knocking me out of my chair with their swampy, indestructible groove on “Come Together.”
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 02:32:31 +0000
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