Les McCann

Les McCann
Les McCann v sanfranciském jazzovém klubu Keystone Korner v roce 1980
Nascimento	Leslie Coleman McCann 23 de setembro de 1935 Lexington, Estados Unidos
Morte	29 de dezembro de 2023 (88 anos) Los Angeles
Cidadania	Estados Unidos
Etnia	afro-americanos
Ocupação	pianista, músico de jazz, cantor, artista discográfico, músico, tecladista, fotógrafo, compositor, líder de banda
Instrumento	piano, voz, instrumento de teclas, piano elétrico
Causa da morte	pneumonia
Página oficial
https://www.lesmccannunlimited.com/
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Leslie Coleman McCann (Lexington, 23 de setembro de 1935 – 29 de dezembro de 2023) foi um pianista e vocalista de jazz norte-americano.

Discografia

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Como líder

• Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1960)
• Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shout (Pacific Jazz, 1960; Sunset, 1970)
• Les McCann Ltd. in San Francisco (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Pretty Lady (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Les McCann Sings (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Somethin' Special com Richard "Groove" Holmes (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• On Time (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• The Gospel Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• McCanna (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Jazz Waltz com the Jazz Crusaders (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Spanish Onions (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
• McCann/Wilson com Gerald Wilson (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
• Soul Hits (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
• Beaux J. Pooboo (Limelight, 1965)
• But Not Really (Limelight, 1965)
• Les McCann Plays the Hits (Limelight, 1966)
• A Bag of Gold (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
• Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (Limelight, 1966)
• Live at Bohemian Caverns–Washington, D.C. (Limelight, 1967)
• Bucket o' Grease (Limelight, 1967)
• From the Top of the Barrel (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
• More or Les McCann (World Pacific, 1969)
• Much Les (Atlantic, 1969)
• Swiss Movement com Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1969)
• New from the Big City (World Pacific, 1970)
• Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
• Second Movement com Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1971)
• Invitation to Openness (Atlantic, 1972)
• Talk to the People (Atlantic, 1972)
• Live at Montreux (Atlantic, 1973)
• Layers (Atlantic, 1973)
• Another Beginning (Atlantic, 1974)
• Doldinger Jubilee '75 (Atlantic, 1975)
• Hustle to Survive (Atlantic, 1975)
• River High, River Low (Atlantic, 1976)
• Music Lets Me Be (ABC/Impulse!, 1977)
• Change, Change, Change (ABC/Impulse!, 1977)
• The Man (A&M, 1978)
• Tall, Dark & Handsome (A&M, 1979)
• The Longer You Wait (Jam, 1983)
• Music Box (Jam, 1984)
• Road Warriors com Houston Person (Greene Street, 1984)
• Butterfly (Stone, 1988)
• Les Is More (Night, 1990)
• On the Soul Side (MusicMasters, 1994)
• Listen Up! (MusicMasters, 1996)
• Pacifique com Joja Wendt (MusicMasters, 1998)
• How's Your Mother? (32 Jazz, 1998)
• Pump It Up (ESC, 2002)
• Vibrations: Funkin' Around Something Old Something New (Jazz Legend Project) (Leafage Jazz/Pony Canyon, 2003)
• The Shout (American Jazz Classics, 2011)
• 28 Juillet (Fremeaux, 2018)

Como sideman

• Teddy Edwards, It's About Time (Pacific Jazz, 1960)
• Richard "Groove" Holmes, Groove (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Richard "Groove" Holmes, Tell It Like It Tis (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Lou Rawls, Stormy Monday (Capitol, 1962)
• Stanley Turrentine, That's Where It's At (Blue Note, 1962)
• Clifford Scott, Out Front (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Stanley Turrentine, Straight Ahead (Blue Note, 1985)
• Cash McCall, Cash Up Front (Stone, 1988)
• Herbie Mann, Deep Pocket (Kokopelli, 1994)
• Bill Evans, Soul Insider (ESC Records, 2000)

Morte

McCann morreu no dia 29 de dezembro de 2023, aos 88 anos vítima de uma pneumonia.

Ligações externas

• Site oficial
• Biografia
• Discografia
• Entrevista de Les McCann - NAMM Oral History Collection (2015)
• McCann Les McCann (em inglês) no Discogs
• Les McCann no IMDb