Bucket o' Grease

Bucket o' Grease
Bucket o' Grease
Studio album by Les McCann Ltd.
Released	1967
Recorded	December 27 & 28, 1966 ; Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:50
Label	Limelight; LM 82043
Producer	Jerry Ross
Les McCann chronology

Bucket o' Grease is an album by pianist Les McCann's group Les McCann Ltd., recorded in late 1966 and released on the Limelight label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic gives the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jerry Ross and Les McCann except as indicated

"Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" (Jimmy Castor) - 1:48
"Bang! Bang!" (Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater) - 2:19
"Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin) - 3:07
"Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) - 3:41
"La Brea" - 3:53
"All" (Marian Grudeff, Nino Oliviero, Raymond Jessel) - 2:43
"Red Top" (Gene Ammons, Ben Kynard, Lionel Hampton) - 3:01
"Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:09
"Boo-Go-Loo" (Jerry Murray) - 2:51
"Bucket O' Grease" - 2:45
"Fake Out" - 2:33

Personnel

Les McCann - piano, electric piano
Lee Katzman - trumpet, flugelhorn
Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone, flute
Lynn Blessing - vibraphone
Jimmy Georgantones - guitar
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Booker T. Robinson - drums
Ron Rich, Ric Desilva, Aki Aleong, Joseph Torres - percussion

References

^ Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed March 8, 2016
^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
^ ^a ^b Bucket O' Grease – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

[1] Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed March 8, 2016

[2] Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Bucket O' Grease – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

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v t e Les McCann
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.
Albums 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)
With 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)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)