Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo
1963 live album by Les McCann Ltd.
Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo | ||||
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Live album by Les McCann Ltd. | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | December 29, 1961 The Village Gate, New York City, NY | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:11 | |||
Label | Pacific Jazz PJ 63 | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
Les McCann chronology | ||||
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Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (subtitled At the Village Gate) is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2] The album was recorded at the same residency as Les McCann Ltd. in New York but not released until 1963.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic rated the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated
- "The Shampoo" - 4:08
- "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener) - 4:53
- "You I Thought I Knew" - 7:00
- "Woody 'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:08
- "Someone Stole My Chitlins" - 3:58
- "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:28
- "Filet of Soul" - 3:26
- "Smile Stacey" - 5:10
Personnel
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)