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"Starting in the late '60s, jazz music started to take an interesting, and very soulful turn. Influenced by the funk of the day -- from James Brown to Sly & The Family Stone -- the art form, generally not considered a funky musical genre, started to stretch out and fit into the times. It was a fertile era, and to reciprocate, funk, soul and groovy rock fans started to discover accomplished, open-minded jazz artists like Les McCann, whose tunes made sense to their ears, even if bebop hadn't grabbed them. This incredible album -- long a favorite of forward-thinking hip-hop producers and DJs -- washes over listeners from the first chords of the incredible album opener, 'Sometimes I Cry,' led by McCann's array of analog synthesizers and backed by an excellent rhythm section (Donald Dean on drums; Ralph McDonald on percussion and Jimmy Rowser on bass). Truth be told, highlights are hard to pick out, but fans never go long without returning to the fuzzed-out funk of 'The Harlem Buck Strut Dance,' 'Let's Play (Til Mom Calls)' and 'It Never Stopped In My Hometown.' These keyboard-drenched grooves sat alongside record stacks brimming with Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye's '70s soul and, of course, Miles Davis' space funk experiments of the era (like Bitches Brew)."
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HONEY 006LP
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Honeypie present a reissue of Les McCann Sings, originally released in 1961. Here's a true West Coast soul-jazz gem originally released on Pacific Jazz. Les McCann's warm and emotional singing shines over some gorgeous big band arrangements signed by the great conductor and bandleader Gerald Wilson. McCann's usual trio with Herbie Lewis on bass and Ron Jefferson on drums is augmented by a phenomenal bunch of West Coast top musicians including clarinetist Buddy Collette, tenor sax lions Charles Lloyd, Teddy Edward, and Harold Land, and two absolute guest stars: tenor sax giant Ben Webster and organ stylist Richard "Groove" Holmes, what else? "Soul-jazz and blues at their best." --All Music
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