Midnight McCartney

Midnight McCartney is a tribute album by John Pizzarelli to Paul McCartney, including tracks from Wings. It was released in 2015 with Concord.^[1]

Midnight McCartney
Studio album by John Pizzarelli
Released	September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
Studio	The Jacob Burns Film Center and Media Arts Lab, Pleasantville, NY
Genre	Jazz vocal jazz
Length	49:44
Label	Concord
Producer	John Pizzarelli Robert Friedrich
John Pizzarelli chronology
John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer: Live at Birdland (2015) Midnight McCartney (2015) Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 (2017)

According to the album's press release, Paul McCartney suggested John Pizzarelli perform tracks from his canon, and offered the title.^[2][3] Pizzarelli had previously performed Beatles songs in his 1996 album Meets the Beatles.^[4]

John's wife Jessica Molaskey, daughter Madeleine Pizzarelli, father Bucky Pizzarelli, and brother Martin Pizzarelli all performed on the album.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the source material, but commented the "key to the record's success is Pizzarelli himself, who delivers upon the laid-back promise of the title but is savvier than he needed to be, which is why Midnight McCartney satisfies."^[1]

Christopher Loudon wrote for JazzTimes that "the set’s not all midnight lace. Indeed, lovely as everything wrapped in Pizzarelli’s trademark silken lilt is, the more adventurous selections are more interesting."^[2]

The Times music critic Chris Pearson described the album as "delightful."^[3]

In an interview with Pizzarelli, James Wood from Guitar World commented the tracks were "all tastefully done in Pizzarelli’s trademark style."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silly Love Songs"	Paul & Linda McCartney	3:53
2.	"My Love"	Paul & Linda McCartney	4:26
3.	"Heart of the Country"	Paul & Linda McCartney	3:11
4.	"Coming Up"	Paul McCartney	3:56
5.	"No More Lonely Nights"	Paul McCartney	5:07
6.	"Warm and Beautiful"	Paul & Linda McCartney	3:33
7.	"Hi, Hi, Hi"	Paul & Linda McCartney	2:53
8.	"Junk"	Paul & Linda McCartney	3:38
9.	"My Valentine"	Paul McCartney	3:39
10.	"Let 'Em In"	Paul & Linda McCartney	2:53
11.	"Some People Never Know"	Paul & Linda McCartney	3:23
12.	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	Paul McCartney	4:00
13.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	4:17

Personnel

Musicians

• John Pizzarelli – guitar, primary artist
• Katherine Fink – flute (alto)
• Pamela Sklar – flute (Alto)
• Tony Kadleck – trumpet
• John Mosca – trombone
• Andy Fusco – sax (alto)
• Harry Allen – saxophone (tenor), soloist
• Chris Cardona – viola
• Mairi Dorman Phaneuf – cello
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar (rhythm), soloist
• Paul Woodiel – violin
• Robin Zeh – violin
• Hélio Alves – piano
• Larry Goldings – organ, piano
• Konrad Paszkudzki – piano, bass
• Martin Pizzarelli – bass
• Duduka Dafonseca – drums, percussion
• Kevin Kanner – drums
• Don Sebesky – orchestration
• Michael McDonald – primary artist, vocals
• Jessica Molaskey – vocals (background)
• Madeleine Pizzarelli – vocals (background)
• Linda McCartney – composer
• Paul McCartney – composer

Support

• John Pizzarelli – arranger
• Chris Byars – copyist
• Holger Eckstein – photography
• Larry Goldings – arranger
• Rachel Gutek – design
• Jessica Molaskey – producer
• Bill Moss – engineer, mastering, mixing^[5]