Layers (Les McCann album)
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | November 1972 Regent Sound Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 44:02 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1646 , 32 Groove | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Les McCann chronology | ||||
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Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.[2][3]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
AllMusic gives the album 4½ stars, stating "This groundbreaking jazz synthesizer record is really unlike any other Les McCann ever made. Aside from a three-man percussion section and electric bassist Jimmy Rowser, Layers is entirely electronic, one of the first jazz albums with such an emphasis. ...this music is truly forward-looking and ahead of its time".[4]
The song "Sometimes I Cry" has been sampled in several other songs, most notably in Slick Rick's "Behind Bars" and its drum beat in Massive Attack's "Teardrop" and "Bullet Boy".[5]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Les McCann
- "Sometimes I Cry" - 5:22
- "Let's Gather" - 1:13
- "Anticipation" - 0:52
- "The Dunbar High School Marching Band" - 6:07
- "Soaring (At Dawn) Part I"- 5:54
- "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" - 5:55
- "Interlude" - 0:33
- "Before I Rest" - 3:43
- "Let's Play ('til Mom Calls)" - 4:26
- "It Never Stopped in My Home Town" - 1:54
- "Soaring (At Sunset) Part II" - 8:03
Personnel
[edit]- Les McCann - piano, electric piano, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, timpani
- Jimmy Rowser - bass, electric bass, bells, percussion
- Donald Dean - drums, bells, percussion
- Buck Clarke - congas, drums, bongos, blocks, bells, percussion
- Ralph MacDonald - congas, bells, percussion
References
[edit]- ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed March 8, 2016
- ^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. Layers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ "Samples of Sometimes I Cry by les McCann on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.