Les McCann - Talk To The People - Jazz Funk - Breaks LP
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Les McCann - Talk To The People


Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: SD 1619
Format: Vinyl, LP

Condition: Record is VG++
Cover is VG general wear, scuff on front, hole punch on both sides in bottom right corner, ring wear, edge wear (see our pic)

Country: Canada Issue
Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz
Style: Jazz-Funk


Credits: Bass - Jimmy Rowser
Drums - Donald Dean
Guitar - Keith Loving
Percussion - Buck Clarke
Piano - Les McCann
Vocals - Les McCann



Tracklisting:

Side A
A1 What's Going On (7:28)
A2 Shamading (3:41)
A3 Seems So Long (3:04)
A4 She's Here (5:54)

Side B
B1 North Carolina (9:20)
B2 Let It Lay (5:22)
B3 Talk To The People (9:16)

One of the best of Les' 70s Atlantic recordings, and one that captures him with a lot of fire and funkiness,
Les sings on about half the cuts -- but the focus is still quite strongly on his funky jazz, which makes even the vocal numbers work well here. Includes a nice long version of "What's Going On", with backing vocals by The Persuasions;
a funky instrumental called "Shamading" that has some excellent clavinet work; and a few other vocal tracks with backup vocals by Eugene McDaniels, like "Let It Lay", "Talk To The People", and Stevie Wonder's "Seems So Long". Also features the funky instrumental "North Carolina" -- one of Les' best funky tracks from the 70s, with a really messed up keyboard sound