For the Australian rules footballer, see Les McCann (footballer).
Les McCann
McCann in 1980
Background information
Birth name
Leslie Coleman McCann
Born
(1935-09-23)September 23, 1935 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
December 29, 2023(2023-12-29) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Jazz, soul jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano, vocals
Years active
1959–2018
Musical artist
Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.[1][full citation needed] He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop.
^Feather, Leonard; Ira Gitler (2007). "?". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 448. ISBN 9780199729074. OCLC 1252916779.
carpenter. Rory McCann was first trained as an actor by writer-artist Robert Parsifal Finch in The Actor's Workshop, Glasgow in 1998. McCann's first acting...
Madeleine Beth McCann (born 12 May 2003) is a British missing person who, at the age of 3, disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da...
LesMcCann Sings is an album by pianist and vocalist LesMcCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn...
on June 21, 1969 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland by the LesMcCann trio, with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey. The album...
Rawls, 1968 Pop Chronicles interview Stormy Monday, a jazz album with LesMcCann, was released in 1962. The next two Capitol albums (Black and Blue, Tobacco...
Dearly Beloved 1961 with Shirley Scott 1962 That's Where It's At 1962 with LesMcCann 1963 Never Let Me Go 1963 with Shirley Scott 1963 A Chip off the Old Block...
LesMcCann Plays the Hits is an album by American pianist LesMcCann recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label. AllMusic gives the album 3 stars...
by pianist LesMcCann recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label. Allmusic gives the album 4 stars stating "Every nuance of McCann's stream of...
My Fair Lady (Contemporary, 1956) With LesMcCannLesMcCann Ltd. Plays the Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1960) LesMcCann Ltd. Plays the Shout (Pacific Jazz, 1960)...
Mr. Henry's Restaurant, which is on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. LesMcCann discovered Flack singing and playing jazz in a Washington, D.C. nightclub...
a 1958 Australian television series Comment (album), a 1970 album by LesMcCann "Comment", a 1969 song by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm...
the Jazz Crusaders, Don Ellis, Clare Fischer, Jim Hall, Groove Holmes, LesMcCann, Wes Montgomery, and Art Pepper. In 1957, Pacific Jazz Records changed...
Kenny Dorham, LesMcCann and others. A collection related to him is led by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. He appears, alongside LesMcCann and Eddie Harris...
by pianist LesMcCann recorded in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label. Allmusic gives the album 2 stars. All compositions by LesMcCann except as indicated...
Electrifying Eddie Harris. In 1969, he performed with pianist and vocalist LesMcCann at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Although the musicians had been unable...
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