Built the bridge from Jazz to Soul…
To a certain degree Les McCann’s groundbreaking and breaking of other artists can be compared to Little Richard… Minus the eccentricities… Les pioneered a new genre of soul jazz… Most notably his rendition of “Compared To What”, along with Eddie Harris, merged protest song with jazz… In addition to pushing the sub-genre, he broke the career of Roberta Flack… stating, “Her voice touched, tapped, trapped, and kicked every emotion I’ve ever known. I laughed, cried, and screamed for more…she alone had the voice.”
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Gospel… Jazz… Soul… Funk… What else???
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Les MCcann – The Morning Song from The MaDKid Face on Vimeo.
“The Morning Song”
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“Street Dance”
There’s no comparison… Les McCann.
