Let It Be — A Tribute to the Album Let It Be — Jaffa Jazz Festival 2026

Let It Be was The Beatles’ twelfth and final studio album, released in May 1970, one month after the legendary group broke up. A documentary film of the same name was released simultaneously. Although the album was issued last, most of the material had been recorded before work began on Abbey Road, and some of the songs were performed during the famous concert on the roof of Apple headquarters in London on January 30, 1969—the quartet’s final joint performance.

Paul McCartney’s original idea was to return to the band’s roots: a simple, open, and honest rock ’n’ roll sound without complex studio effects. However, with the arrival of legendary producer Phil Spector, the recordings acquired expansive orchestral arrangements and choral parts. This decision caused serious disagreements between McCartney and the group’s other members. In 2003, the album Let It Be… Naked was released—an alternative version stripped of all of Phil Spector’s production additions, presenting the songs as the musicians had originally envisioned them.

The program includes the immortal compositions “Across the Universe,” “Get Back,” “The Long and Winding Road,” “I Me Mine,” “Maggie Mae,” and, of course, “Let It Be.”

Romanian saxophonist Cătălin Milea is one of the most vivid and distinctive musicians on the contemporary Eastern European jazz scene and one of the leading representatives of the new Transylvanian jazz.