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Les McCann (1935-2023) was a soul jazz innovator who recorded "Compared to What" and performed in Ghana. His music was widely sampled in hip hop and he also painted and photographed.
Jan 1, 2024 · Les McCann, a jazz pianist and vocalist who was an early progenitor of the bluesy, crowd-pleasing style that came to be known as soul jazz, and who, although he released more than 50...
Jan 2, 2024 · Les McCann was already an established solo artist — a blues-forward jazz pianist in his 30s, with more than two dozen albums to his name — when he had a career-defining moment...
Jan 1, 2024 · Les McCann, a pianist and vocalist who helped popularize the soul jazz genre and whose music was sampled in hip-hop songs by artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Dr. Dre, has died, The New...
Jan 2, 2024 · Les McCann, a musician who helped shape the “soul jazz” style of the 1960s with his earthy piano playing and singing and whose live recording of the antiwar anthem “Compared to What” became a...
Jan 3, 2024 · Les McCann was a blues-forward jazz pianist who had a hit with "Compared to What" in 1969. He also played with Eddie Harris, Lou Rawls and Quincy Jones, and influenced hip-hop producers with his electric piano and synth sounds.
Jan 3, 2024 · The pianist Les McCann, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 88, was known for his song "Compared to What." But he had a long and celebrated expansive career that preceded — and followed — that hit...
