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Les McCann (* 23. September 1935 in Lexington, Kentucky; † 29. Dezember 2023 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Sänger und Komponist. Er war blues - und gospelbeeinflusst und gehörte neben Ramsey Lewis zu den Pionieren des Soul Jazz.
Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. [1] [full citation needed] He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What".
3. Jan. 2024 · McCann died on Dec. 29, 2023, at a hospital in Los Angeles, at 88, of pneumonia. Alan Abrahams, a veteran producer and record executive who served as his manager, confirmed his death, noting that McCann had lived at a nursing facility for the last four years.
12. Jan. 2024 · When Les McCann died last Friday, at the wryly appropriate age of 88, a particular window of experience closed on the American musical scene. As was justly noted in the initial round of coverage, including a fine NY Times obituary by Andrey Henkin, McCann was “an early progenitor of the bluesy, crowd-pleasing style that came to be ...
2. Jan. 2024 · Les McCann, a musician who helped shape the “soul jazz” style of the 1960s with his earthy piano playing and singing and whose live recording of the antiwar anthem “Compared to What” became a...
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Jänner 2024, 11:22. Les McCann am 24. Juni 2007 im King Blues Club in Manhattan, New York City. imago stock&people. New York – Der US-amerikanische Jazzpianist, Sänger und Komponist Les ...
2. Jan. 2024 · Les McCann, the American jazz pianist and singer whose music went on to reach a new audience when it was sampled by numerous hip-hop artists, has died at the age of 88. Largely self-taught, McCann rose to prominence in the 1960s when he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey.
