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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
{{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]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Sony Music Australia]]
| producer   = [[Joe Lovano]] and [[Katie Noonan]]
| prev_title = [[Second Skin (John Course and mrTimothy album)|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 [[ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album|Best Jazz Album]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "[[In My Life]]" - 4:25
# "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]" - 5:14
# "[[For No One]]" - 3:07
# "[[Blackbird (Beatles song)|Blackbird]]" - 3:04
# "[[If I Fell]]" - 4:15
# "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" - 2:38
# "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)|Norwegian Wood]]" - 3:31
# "[[Across the Universe]]" - 6:08
# "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" - 5:05
# "[[Michelle (song)|Michelle]]" - 3:58
# "[[Because (Beatles song)|Because]]" - 2:40
# "[[The Long and Winding Road]]" - 3:56
# "[[And I Love Her]]" - 4:06
# "[[The Fool on the Hill|Fool on the Hill]]" - 7:47
# "[[I Will]]" - 2:11
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2008)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 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<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Rank
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Jazz Albums Chart<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Rank
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Jazz Albums Chart<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| 32
|-
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| Catalogue
|-
| Australia
|27 October 2008
|{{flatlist|
*CD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/blackbird-music-lennon-mccartney/id294294817|title=''Blackbird'' by Katie Noonan |publisher=iTunes store |accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[Music download|digital download]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
| [[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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{{Katie Noonan}}
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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]]