John Pizzarelli Meets the Beatles is a studio album of tributes to
The Beatles performed by
John Pizzarelli and his working trio of brother
Martin Pizzarelli and pianist
Ray Kennedy. The selections -- all arranged and conducted by
Don Sebesky, who also produced the album -- are all given a
swinging dimension.
Xin M. Zhao (violin), Belinda Whitney-Barratt (violin), Alfred V. Brown (viola), Kenneth Burward-Hoy (viola), Juliet Haffner (viola), Richard Sortomme (violin), Laura J. Seaton (violin), Lisa Matricardi (violin), Laura S. Oatts (violin), Joel Pitchon (violin), Andrea Ingrid Schultz (violin), Maxine L. Roach (viola), Mitsue Takayama (viola), Joseph Bongiorno (bass), Melissa Meell (cello), John Miller (bass), Douglas W. Romoff (bass), Stacey G. Shames (harp), Jesse Levy (cello), Jeanne M. LeBlanc (cello), Leslie J. Tomkins (viola), Liuh-Wen Ting (viola), Stephanie L. Cummins (cello), Adam Grabois (cello), Chungsun Kim (cello), Elizabeth Lim-Dutton (violin), Katherine Naomi Katz (violin), Rick S. Dolan (violin), Avril Brown (violin), Max Ellen (violin), Barry Finclair (violin), Evan Johnson (violin),
Sanford W. Allen (violin), Martin Agee (violin),
Harry Allen (tenor saxophone), Karen Karlsrud (violin), Andy Fusco (alto saxophone)