Well known Beatles songs arranged into catchy soul and funk with the soul/blues vocalist Stina Stenerud as a guest with the band on this recording.

Here is the third release from Rubber Soul Quartet with new arrangements of Beatles songs. With vocalist Stina Stenerud as a guest, it all takes on a very catchy expression where these well-known songs are arranged into soul and funk.

The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, and some of their hits have been covered many times, also by jazz musicians. So why bother rearranging and recording these songs again?
The answer is simple: we love the melodies, we have an eclectic and playful
approach to music, we like more than jazz, and we constantly find new ways
to interpret this great material. This time we wanted to explore more of the
soul-funk side of The Beatles. The starting point was our rediscovery of George Harrison's funky groove and bittersweet lyrics in the song 'Taxman' from the masterpiece Revolver. Rubber Soul Quartet invited our friend, the versatile soul-funk-blues vocalist Stina Stenerud, in the studio to sing on eight tracks. We also introduced the electric Fender Jazz Bass, the Fender Rhodes and the baritone saxophone to add some new colours to our musical playground.

Bård Helgerud - Guitar
Håvard Fossum - Tenor saxophone, Baritone saxophone
Andreas Dreier - Bass
Torstein Ellingsen - Drums
Stina Stenerud - Vocal tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
Anders Aarum - Fender Rhodes tracks 7,8,10

Track Listing

• Things We said Today
• I Want To Hold Your Hand
• Taxman
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps
• I Will
• Can´t Buy My Love
• Strawberry Fields Forever
• Doctor Robert / I´ve Got A Feeling
• The Long And Winding Road
• Get Back

Additional Details

Label: Losen Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 45:56 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/07/25

UPC: 7090025832956