Les McCann
Plays the Shampoo at the Village Vanguard (FSRCD 754)
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Plays the Shampoo at the Village Vanguard
Les McCann
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607544
ABS 137256
FSRCD 754
JAZZ
1
Plays the Shampoo at the Village Vanguard
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2 LPs ON 1 CD
Les McCann was at the height of his popularity as a “soul” pianist when these two joyous and irresistibly swinging albums were recorded live in late December 1961 at New York’s Village Gate. Full of arresting playing, Plays The Shampoo, from the evening of Friday 29th, shows off the tightly-knit trio McCann had forged with Herbie Lewis and Ron Jefferson. And McCann’s seldom revealed lyrical face appears here in his Bill Evans-like playing on the first 16 bars of the Too Close for Comfort theme statement and on You I Thought I Knew, a lovely composition of his that opens introspectively and builds to a gentle, swinging groove.
Recorded a day earlier, the second album, In New York had the serendipitous addition of Blue Mitchell and Stanley Turrentine, and a particularly savoury surprise in the late, little-known Frank Haynes, who more than holds his own in this fast company. His is the first of the two tenors to solo on each track except Maxie’s Changes. The soulful mood that suffused their meeting with Les McCann’s trio and enchanted the audience is epitomized by the euphorically grooving A Little 3/4 For God & Co.
PERSONNEL:
(1-8) from the album Les McCann Ltd. Plays The Shampoo (Pacific Jazz Stereo 63)
LES McCANN, piano
HERBIE LEWIS, bass
RON JEFFERSON, drums
Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, December 29, 1961
(9-13) from the album Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Pacific Jazz Stereo 45)
Same personnel as above, but BLUE MITCHEL (tp), STANLEY TURRENTINE, FRANK HAYNES (ts),
added. Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, December 28, 1961
TRACKS:
01 The Shampoo
02 Too Close for Comfort
03 You I Thought I Knew
04 Woody’n You
05 Someone Stole My Chitlins
06 Out of This World
07 Filet of Soul
08 Smile Stacey
09 Chip Monk
10 Fayth, You’re…
11 Twist Chacha
12 A Little 3/4 Time for God & Co.
13 Maxie’s Changes
Les McCann was at the height of his popularity as a “soul” pianist when these two joyous and irresistibly swinging albums were recorded live in late December 1961 at New York’s Village Gate. Full of arresting playing, Plays The Shampoo, from the evening of Friday 29th, shows off the tightly-knit trio McCann had forged with Herbie Lewis and Ron Jefferson. And McCann’s seldom revealed lyrical face appears here in his Bill Evans-like playing on the first 16 bars of the Too Close for Comfort theme statement and on You I Thought I Knew, a lovely composition of his that opens introspectively and builds to a gentle, swinging groove.
Recorded a day earlier, the second album, In New York had the serendipitous addition of Blue Mitchell and Stanley Turrentine, and a particularly savoury surprise in the late, little-known Frank Haynes, who more than holds his own in this fast company. His is the first of the two tenors to solo on each track except Maxie’s Changes. The soulful mood that suffused their meeting with Les McCann’s trio and enchanted the audience is epitomized by the euphorically grooving A Little 3/4 For God & Co.
PERSONNEL:
(1-8) from the album Les McCann Ltd. Plays The Shampoo (Pacific Jazz Stereo 63)
LES McCANN, piano
HERBIE LEWIS, bass
RON JEFFERSON, drums
Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, December 29, 1961
(9-13) from the album Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Pacific Jazz Stereo 45)
Same personnel as above, but BLUE MITCHEL (tp), STANLEY TURRENTINE, FRANK HAYNES (ts),
added. Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, December 28, 1961
TRACKS:
01 The Shampoo
02 Too Close for Comfort
03 You I Thought I Knew
04 Woody’n You
05 Someone Stole My Chitlins
06 Out of This World
07 Filet of Soul
08 Smile Stacey
09 Chip Monk
10 Fayth, You’re…
11 Twist Chacha
12 A Little 3/4 Time for God & Co.
13 Maxie’s Changes
