A Day In The Life - Impressions Of Pepper

Various Artists
Jazz | Mar 2019

Reviews

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-29
Reviewed: 2018-03-29
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none

Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2:54) – horns start with crowd noise> midtempo jam> morphs into wild, spacey, & loud jam, then mellows, then swings back up> quick stop
**2/ With A Little Help From My Friends (5:09) -guitar starts> midtempo jam with distorted guitar> tempos vary> quick fade
*3/ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (5:57) – vibes start slow, builds to midtempo jam> beautiful interplay between guitar & vibes builds into uptempo spacey jam> crescendo & fade
**4/Getting Better (4:25) – quick shout> bass/sax start> midtempo jam with warbling sax up front> soaring sax solo> rocking midtempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Fixing A Hole (4:43) – heavy piano chords start> rocking uptempo piano trio jam> piano solo shifts gears several times> uptempo jam> quick stop
*6/ She’s Leaving Home (5:38) – drums/percussion starts> midtempo jam with trumpet on top> trumpet solo morphs into mellow midtempo jam> slows to fade
***7/ Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite (8:39) – harp starts slow> slow duet with bass> joined by flute, midtempo jam> slows to slow jam, then swings back up to a full band jam with horns> s*9/ x & trumpet intersect> quick fade
*8/ Within You Without You (5:17) -heavy chords start> slow heavy jam with sax over the top> builds in volume & intensity> sax solo soars to the heavens> slow jam to fade
*9/ When I’m Sixty-Four (3;23) – uptempo piano solo with ragtime/New Orleans vibe> quick stop
10/ Lovely Rita (4:30) – full band starts with loud crescendo> rocking uptempo jam> rocking piano solo> heavy guitar solo> bass solo> rocking uptempo jam> quick stop
11/ Good Morning Good Morning (5:23) - percussion starts> uptempo jam with heavy percussion morphs into uptempo jam with horns up front> sax solo> full band wild uptempo jam> quick fade
12/ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (1:47) – drums/piano start> midtempo jam builds to uptempo jam, builds in volume> slows to fade
*13/ A Day In The Life (4:50) - bass starts> spacy midtempo jam with electric piano, percussion, & ethereal chorus swings uptempo> melody shift> uptempo jam mellows to midtempo> dissolves into transition to midtempo jam & fade

Recent airplay

A Day In The Life
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Getting Better
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
Music CasseroleMay 25, 2019
When I\'m Sixty-Four
old fart at playMay 03, 2019
With A Little Help From My Friends
Old Fart At PlayApr 19, 2019
Good Morning Good Morning

Charting

2019-04-02 — 2019-06-04 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jun 9 1
May 26 1
May 5 1
Apr 21 2

Track listing

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life