Les McCann Plays the Hits
1966 studio album by Les McCann
| Les McCann Plays the Hits | ||||
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| Studio album by Les McCann | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | August 5 and September 9, 1966 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:57 | |||
| Label | Limelight LM 82041 | |||
| Producer | Jerry Ross | |||
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Les McCann Plays the Hits is an album by American pianist Les McCann recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.[1][2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
AllMusic gives the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
- "Sunny (part 1)" (Bobby Hebb) – 7:07
- "Sunny (part 2)" (Hebb) – 2:40
- "Guantanamera" (José Martí) – 2:55
- "Summer Samba (So Nice)" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Norman Gimbel) – 2:22
- "Sad Little Girl" (Les McCann) – 2:55
- "River Deep – Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:16
- "Les Skate" (Jerry Ross, Mark Barkan) – 3:19
- "Sunshine Superman" (Donovan) – 3:06
- "Message to Michael" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:52
- "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 2:35
- "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) – 2:33
- "Pretty Flamingo" (Barkan) – 3:17
Personnel
- Les McCann – piano, vocals
- Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12)
- Plas Johnson (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12) – tenor saxophone
- Lynn Blessing (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Warren Chiasson (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12) – vibraphone
- Vincent Bell (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12), Jimmy Georgantones (tracks 2, 5 & 6), Carl Lynch (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12) – guitar
- Leroy Vinnegar – bass
- Joe Macho – Fender bass (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12)
- Booker T. Robinson – drums
- Johnny Pacheco (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–12), Ron Rich (tracks 2, 5 & 6) – congas
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.
as
leader
or
co-leader
- It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959)
- The Truth (1960)
- The Shout (1960)
- In San Francisco (1960)
- From the Top of the Barrel (1960)
- Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961)
- In New York (1961)
- Plays the Shampoo (1961)
- New from the Big City (1961)
- Pretty Lady (1961)
- Les McCann Sings (1961)
- Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962)
- On Time (1962)
- The Gospel Truth (1963)
- Soul Hits (1963)
- Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963)
- A Bag of Gold (1963–64)
- McCanna (1964)
- Spanish Onions (1964)
- McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964)
- But Not Really (1964)
- Beaux J. Pooboo (1965)
- Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965)
- Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966)
- Bucket o' Grease (1966)
- Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967)
- Much Les (1968)
- Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969)
- Comment (1969)
- Invitation to Openness (1971)
- Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971)
- Layers (1972)
- Live at Montreux (1972)
- Talk to the People (1972)
- Another Beginning (1974)
others
- Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962)
- Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962)
- That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)
- Soul To Soul (1971)
