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Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney

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{{Infobox album

| name = Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney

| type = Album

| artist = Katie Noonan

| cover = Blackbird_album_by_Katie_Noonan.jpg

| alt =

| released = 27 October 2008

| recorded = Legacy Studios, New York City

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Sony Music Australia

| producer = Joe Lovano and Katie Noonan

| prev_title = Second Skin

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Emperor's Box

| next_year = 2010

}}

Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney is a studio album by Australian singer songwriter Katie Noonan. The album was released in October 2008 and peaked at number 43 on the ARIA album chart. Blackbird is a set of cover versions of John Lennon and Paul McCartney tracks. The album includes performances from Ron Carter, Lewis Nash, Joe Lovano, John Scofield and Sam Keevers. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 the album won Best Jazz Album.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Jazz-Album |title=ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=25 April 2016 }}

Background

In early 2005 Noonan heard Joe Lovano playing saxophone at Sydney's Angel Place. A couple of years later Noonan was dreaming up a project where she could combine her two main loves – pop music and the freedom of jazz improvisation. It was then that the seeds of the album were sewn. Noonan spoke to Lovano and flew to New York City to make a record with local jazz musicians.{{cite web |url=https://katienoonan.com/projects/blackbird-the-music-of-lennon-and-mccartney/ |title=Katie Noonan - projects - Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney |publisher=Katie Noonan |accessdate=3 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401215654/http://katienoonan.com/projects/blackbird-the-music-of-lennon-and-mccartney/ |archive-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Track listing

  1. "In My Life" - 4:25
  2. "Yesterday" - 5:14
  3. "For No One" - 3:07
  4. "Blackbird" - 3:04
  5. "If I Fell" - 4:15
  6. "Here, There and Everywhere" - 2:38
  7. "Norwegian Wood" - 3:31
  8. "Across the Universe" - 6:08
  9. "Eleanor Rigby" - 5:05
  10. "Michelle" - 3:58
  11. "Because" - 2:40
  12. "The Long and Winding Road" - 3:56
  13. "And I Love Her" - 4:06
  14. "Fool on the Hill" - 7:47
  15. "I Will" - 2:11

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2008)

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position

scope="row"{{album chart|Australia|43|album=Blackbird|artist=Katie Noonan|accessdate=3 May 2016|refname="aus chart"}}
scope="row"| Australian Jazz and Blues Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue976.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081120-0000/issue976.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-11-19 |title=ARIA Report Week Commencing 10 November 2008 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=10 November 2008 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| 1

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2008)

! scope="col"| Rank

scope="row"| Australian Jazz Albums Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2008/jazz-blues-albums-chart |title=2008 ARIA Jazz & Blues Albums Chart | publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=25 April 2016 }}

| 7

scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Rank

scope="row"| Australian Jazz Albums Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2009/jazz-blues-albums-chart |title=2009 ARIA Jazz & Blues Albums Chart |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=25 April 2016 }}

| 11

scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Rank

scope="row"| Australian Jazz Albums Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2010/jazz-blues-albums-chart |title=2010 ARIA Jazz & Blues Albums Chart |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=25 April 2016 }}

| 32

Release history

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Australia

|27 October 2008

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  • CD{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/blackbird-the-music-of-lennon-and-mccartney/294294817|title=Blackbird by Katie Noonan |publisher=iTunes store |access-date=3 May 2016}}
  • digital download{{cite web |url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/jazz/blackbird-the-music-of-lennon-and-mccartney-for-jazz-sextet/229721/ |title=Blackbird by Katie Noonan |publisher=JBHiFi.com.au |accessdate=3 May 2016}}

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| Sony Music Australia

| 88697394382

External links

  • [https://www.discogs.com/Katie-Noonan-Blackbird-The-Music-Of-Lennon-And-McCartney/release/1580609 Blackbird - The Music of Lennon and McCartney] at Discogs

References

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Category:Katie Noonan albums

Category:2008 albums

Category:ARIA Award-winning songs

Category:Jazz albums by Australian artists

Category:Sony Music Australia albums

Category:2000s covers albums