Les McCann - Never A Dull Moment! - Live from Coast to Coast (1966-1967) [2CD]

Resonance Records

£20.66

Format: 2CD
Catalogue No.: HCD-2066
Barcode: 0617270123386
Release Date: 01 Dec 2023
Genre: Jazz

 ‘Never A Dull Moment! - Live from Coast to Coast (1966-1967)’ is a previously unissued collection of live recordings of unsung piano and vocal icon Les McCann captured at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle from January 27 and February 3 and 10,
1966 with Stan Gilbert, Paul Humphrey and Tony Bazley; also including recordings by Resonance founder and co-president George Klabin from the Village Vanguard on July 16, 1967 with Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Severino.
 This is an official release in cooperation with Les McCann. Transferred from the original tape reels.
 Includes a multi-page booklet with rare photographs by Lee Tanner, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Christian Rose and others; two sets of liner notes - by music journalist A. Scott Galloway and author / historian Pat Thomas (Listen Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975), who both contributed to McCann’s photography book Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann 1960-1980; plus quotes and statements from Roberta Flack, Monty Alexander, Roger Kellaway, Emmet Cohen and others.