Covers for Sunday

Eleanor Rigby by Sonny Criss (originally by The Beatles). One f the best jazz covers I've heard for a while, starts off a little smooth jazzy but soon gets going.

Sonny Criss - Alto Saxophone
Eddie Green - Piano
Bob Cranshaw - Contrabass
Alan Dawson - Drums

I Love How You Love Me by Neutral Milk Hotel (originally by The Paris Sisters). From Neutral Milk Hotel's (actually it's pretty much a Jeff Magnum solo gig, but I'm not going to get too worked up about what is and isn't NMH) last concert, which was bootlegged as When It All Caved In. You can, and should, buy it here.

My Sweet Lord by Jim James (originally by George Harrison). My Sweet Lord is, as far as I know, the only song to ever make it to No.1 in the UK single charts that contains a Hindu/Vaishnava prayer. If you're ever writing questions for a pub music quiz you should definitely include that.

Redemption Song by Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer. Maybe this should have gone in last week's blog, but I don't think it really fits. Joe Strummer also covered this on his own.

Ashamed Of The Story I Toldby The National (originally by Polaris). I love The National far more than a 30 year old should love a band, it's almost embarrassing.

A Love Supreme Part 1: Acknowledgement by Alice & Ravi Coltrane (originally by John Coltrane). Alice Coltrane didn't join John Coltrane's Quartet until 1965, after A Love Supreme was recorded (December 1964) so she didn't play on the original and didn't play a live version with John Coltrane either. Ravi Coltrane wasn't born when A Love Supreme was recorded. This is a great cover. It's close to the original in lots of places but differs enough to be worthwhile rather than just a straight-up rendition. John Coltrane played tenor saxophone on A Love Supreme, Ravi plays soprano on this cover.

Ravi Coltrane - Soprano Saxophone
Alice Coltrane - Piano
Reggie Workman - Contrabass
Roy Haynes - Drums