Ticket To Ride
Self-Released, 2022
8/10
The keyboardist and singer Loren Daniels offers us a very adventurous affair, where 10 interpretations of songs by The Beatles take help from Belden Bullock (bass) and Jonathon Peretz (drums) for the inventive jazz listen.
“Drive My Car” starts the listen with bright and lively keys, as Daniels’ expressive vocals are met with soulful backing vocals, and “Ticket To Ride” follows with frisky drumming and a bit of dreaminess in the atmospheric album stand out.
“For No One” lands in the middle and is quite intimate with its reflective tone and well timed melodica, while “Eight Days A Week” offers a bouncy and playful spirit that’s still cautious in its 5/4 time.
“I’ll Follow The Sun” and “You Can’t Do That” exit the listen, where the former recruits finger snapping and bossa nova nods amid Reggie Pittman’s skilled flugelhorn, and the latter swings hard with a bluesy appeal that has the rhythm section in fine form alongside Daniels’ diverse singing.
There’s certainly no lack of people reworking songs by Lennon/McCartney, and Daniels’ many decades of experience sure do make this full of excellent covers that you can listen to repeatedly and never tire of.
Travels well with: Yola Nash- Manhattan Whispers; Kirsten Lambert- From A Window To A Screen