Les McCann

Leslie Coleman McCann (Lexington, 23 de setembro de 1935 – 29 de dezembro de 2023) foi um pianista e vocalista de jazz norte-americano.

Les McCann
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Nascimento	Leslie Coleman McCann 23 de setembro de 1935 Lexington, Estados Unidos
Morte	29 de dezembro de 2023 (88 anos)
Cidadania	Estados Unidos
Etnia	afro-americanos
Ocupação	pianista, músico de jazz, cantor, artista discográfico(a), músico, tecladista, fotógrafo
Instrumento	piano, voz, instrumento de teclas, piano elétrico
Causa da morte	pneumonia
Página oficial
https://www.lesmccannunlimited.com/
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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.