Louis Van Dyke - Louis Van Dyke Plays Lennon-McCartney '1970/2014

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Reissue with the latest 2014 DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. I first
became aware of Louis Van Dyke on the Fond Memories of Frank Rosolino CD and it
became apparent that here was a creative mind with impeccable jazz abilities who
was able to play into the sound of whatever environment he chose. This recording
could be by a very different musician than heard on the Rosolino album as Van
Dyke is able to switch hats and maintain the integrity of whichever he is
wearing at the time.

What we have here is unusual to say the least: 9 songs by the Beatles performed
in 1970 on the Flentrop Organ in the Netherlands Reformed Chuch at Loenen a.d.
Vecht. The opening medley Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, sets the tone for
what is to follow: a beautiful arrangement, reminiscent of Bach in its external
presentation, but never losing the essence of the original melodies and building
on them to produce greater emotional weight and beauty as the music unfolds. How
this is achieved on a single instrument is a marvel and credit must be given not
only to the reverence with which Van Dyke treats his material but how he builds
the structural layers of his arrangements to enhance the overall expression.

Some of the registration choices are uncannily apt such as that which begins
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and it is impossible not to react at the
recognition of the melody treated with such carefully selected timbres. This is
only part of the actual musical content of the arrangements whose inventiveness
is satisfying in each selection. Van Dyke has brought a freshness and even
purity without cliches of similar attempts to make popular music sound Classical
and vice versa.

Positively memorable and should you find a copy, snap it up.

Tracks:

01 - Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight
02 - Shes Leaving Home
03 - For No One
04 - Eleanor Rigby
05 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
06 - Hey Jude
07 - Goodnight
08 - Blackbird
09 - Nowhere Man

Personnel:

Louis Van Dyke at the Flentrop Organ in the Netherlands Reformed Chuch at Loenen
a. d. Vechtlo.

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