{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast 280: Jazzin' on Paul McCartney at 70","description":"Paul McCartney’s latest CD, Kisses on the Bottom (insert rear end joke here) was not really a jazz record, but with support from Diana Krall and her band, including Christian McBride, it was above-average Standards crooning. Calling it “the songs which inspired the songs”, he selected tunes that a young McCartney heard his father playing on piano when growing up in Liverpool.\nNow at the age of 70, the man called “Macca” has attempted almost every type of music in his musical career, from rock and pop to oratorio and electronica. Putting aside his voluminous songwriting artistry, his skills arranging and producing, McCartney's musicianship is what sets him apart from most rockers of his day. Accomplished on many instruments, whether on a Martin acoustical guitar (“Yesterday”) or at the key board of a baby grand (“Hey Jude”), his craftsmanship excels. His vocal range and styling have, at least in their prime, moved a ballad with feeling and the blues with grit. His bass line on that iconic Hofner bass played almost as the lead was a driving foundation, the glue that held together the Beatles sound.\nHaving put together "Jazzin' On" tributes to John Lennon and George Harrison, and a 70th birthday podcast for John, it seemed this birthday was a splendid time to whip up a “Jazzin’ on Paul” podcast, which features Macca compositions from his Beatles and solo career, including:\nNelson Rangell – “Let It Be”\nMcCoy Tyner – “She’s Leaving Home”\nHolly Cole – “I’ve Just Seen a Face”\nJaco Pastorius – “Blackbird”\nLondon Jazz Four – “Paperback Writer”\nJohn Pizzarelli – “When I’m Sixty-Four”\nBrad Mehldau – “Martha My Dear”\nRalph Towner – “Here, There and Everywhere”\nHerbie Mann – “You Never Give Me Your Money”\nPhoebe Snow - "Every Night"\nCorinne Bailey Rae - "My Love"\nFreddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert\/Adminral Halsey"\nJazz Crusaders - "Hey Jude"\n","author_name":"Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show","author_url":"http:\/\/straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com","html":"