Jazz Swings Pop (2006)

About this title: This budget-priced compilation issued via Verve's Jazz Club imprint spotlights the myriad pop, soul, bossa nova and psychedelia covers issued by jazz acts young and old as the counterculture era blossomed. Reviled by purists and critics in its original release, the music that makes up Jazz Swings Pop is now rightly revered by historians and crate diggers alike as the building blocks behind funk, hip-hop and acid jazz. Culled from the archives of labels including Cadet and MPS, these songs boast a timelessness and appeal that transcends genre--what matters most is the groove, and the best cuts ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hang on Sloopy [Farrell/Russell]
2. Sunny [Hebb]
3. Knock on Wood [Floyd/Cropper]
4. California Dreaming [Philips/Gilliam]
5. Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney]
6. Daydream [Sebastian]
7. Light My Fire [Morrison/Manzarek]
8. Soulful Strut [Record/Sanders]
9. Ode to Billie Joe [Gentry]
10. Can't Buy Me Love [Lennon/McCartney]
11. She Loves You [Lennon/McCartney]
12. Satisfaction [Jagger/Richards]
13. This Guy's in Love with You [Live] [Bacharach/David]
14. Up, Up and Away [Webb]
15. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [Lennon/McCartney]
16. Blowin' in the Wind [Dylan]
17. Spinning Wheel [Clayton-Thomas]
18. Mac Arthur Park [Webb]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.