The Beatles In Jazz at The Music Village

While the Beatles and jazz might seem worlds apart — British pop from the ’60s on one side, an American tradition rooted in improvisation on the other — the connections between these two musical universes run deeper than they appear.

From their earliest days, the Beatles displayed a remarkable musical openness, drawing inspiration from rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll, classical music… and, more subtly, from jazz.

Through the harmonic richness of certain compositions (Michelle, Yesterday, Blackbird…) and their strong melodic sense, the Beatles have inspired many jazz musicians. For them, this repertoire became fertile ground for reinterpretation, arrangement, and improvisation....

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While the Beatles and jazz might seem worlds apart — British pop from the ’60s on one side, an American tradition rooted in improvisation on the other — the connections between these two musical universes run deeper than they appear.

From their earliest days, the Beatles displayed a remarkable musical openness, drawing inspiration from rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll, classical music… and, more subtly, from jazz.

Through the harmonic richness of certain compositions (Michelle, Yesterday, Blackbird…) and their strong melodic sense, the Beatles have inspired many jazz musicians. For them, this repertoire became fertile ground for reinterpretation, arrangement, and improvisation.

Jazz doesn’t approach the Beatles as a static tribute, but rather as a living body of work — something to transform, explore, and carry forward.

Here is that repertoire, revisited in an instrumental format, with a few songs sung as well.

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