Les McCann - Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl LP)

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Les McCann - Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl)
Les McCann - Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl)
Les McCann - Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl)

Les McCann Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl)

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MyVinyl presents Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl) - an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label. Layers is described by jazz heads as a groundbreaking album because of Les's synthesizer work.

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Catalog details about Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl)

  • Artist
    Les McCann
  • Label
    Get On Down - GET52757LP
  • Format
    Vinyl, LP, Album
  • Pressing
    2025 - Red Smoke Vinyl Edition
  • Orig. Release
    1973
  • Origin
    US
  • Genre
    Jazz
  • Condition
    Sealed, New vinyl
  • Style
    Fusion, Jazz-Funk
  • EAN13
    664425275711
  • Reference
    MV-2492-1

Les McCann - Layers (Red Smoke Vinyl) in details

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).

Songs From Boston
A1 Sometimes I Cry
A2 Let's Gather
A3 Anticipation
A4 The Dunbar High School Marching Band
A5 Soaring (At Dawn) Part 1
Songs From My Childhood
B1 The Harlem Buck Strut Dance
B2 Interlude
B3 Before I Rest
B4 Let's Play (Til Mom Calls)
B5 It Never Stopped In My Home Town
B6 Soaring (At Sunset) Part 2

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