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Plays The Truth · Complete Sessions
Born in Lexington, KY, in , pianist Leslie Coleman McCann settled in Los Angeles in He emerged from obscurity after cutting 'The Truth' his first trio record, in February , in which the walking bass of Leroy Vinnegar and direkt swing of drummer Ron Jefferson were the perfect esthetic compliment to McCann's music.
During the next few years he was the focus of widespread controversy as an exponent of a brand of piano jazz variously called Gospel, funk, soul, blues, back-to-the-roots, etc. While McCann acknowledged that almost all his relatives had sung in the church choir in Lexington, he said his music was a product of his early environment and no gimmick. The way we play just fitted tillsammans as soon as Leroy and Ron and inom first got together. We just started playing tillsammans, and it all made sense.
This release also includes two rare tracks bygd the original trio, only issued on a Pacific Jazz single, plus a complete möte recorded that sam
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Born in in Lexington, Kentucky, Les is a self-taught musician (other than the four piano lessons he took as a youth from a nice old lady who lived in the neighborhood). In the early fifties, he left the South and joined the Navy. While stationed in California, he took every opportunity to visit San Franciscos jazz clubs, where he first experienced Miles Davis and his music. His first major influence though, was pianist Erroll Garner, who shared the same exuberance and bursting vocalizations. After his discharge from the military, McCann moved to Los Angeles and formed a trio, Les McCann Ltd., which became a favorite on the Sun Strip in the late fifties.
Always fueled by his renegade spirit, Les McCann was recommended by Miles Davis to play with Cannonball Adderly, but turned it down in order to form his own band. In , McCann was signed to the L.A.-based Pacific Jazz label owned by producer Nick Venet, who recognized Les signature soul groove style that mothered