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Live at Montreux (Les McCann album)

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Live at Montreux is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic gives the album 4 stars stating "Atlantic got enough from McCann's set to put out a hot double album loaded with gritty vocals, gospel-drenched electric piano, cooking instrumentals, plenty of his popular protest songs, and a few new numbers such as the driving "Cochise"".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated

  1. "Cochise" - 6:10
  2. "Comment" (Yusuf Rahman, Charles Wright) - 1:27
  3. "Price You Gotta Pay to Be Free" (Nat Adderley) - 5:00
  4. "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) - 8:30
  5. "North Carolina" - 11:30
  6. "Carry on Brother" (Eddie Harris) - 9:30
  7. "With These Hands" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) - 9:35
  8. "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) - 6:30
  9. "Get Yourself Together" (Les McCann, Rev. Bee) - 15:23
  10. "Home Again" (Les McCann, Rahsaan Roland Kirk) - 5:02

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Discography: 1972 accessed March 8, 2016
  2. ^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
  3. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Live at Montreux – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.