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Les McCann
Sign in to saveAlso known as Leslie Coleman McCann
American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Invitation To Openness
- Relationships
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Film & TV
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Known for
- Police Woman — Pianist1974
- Soul to Soul — Self1971
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935-09-23
- Active to
- 2023-12-29
2008 universal fire victimhard bopjazzpost-bopsoul jazz
Discography
- Les McCann Sings1961
- Jazz Waltz1964
- McCann / Wilson1964
- Soul Hits1964
- A Bag of Gold1966
- More or Les McCann1969
- Much Les1969
- Comment1970
- Invitation to Openness1971
- Second Movement1971
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 145,908
- Total plays
- 830,849
Tags
jazzfunksoulpianosoul-jazz
Leslie Coleman "Les" McCann (Lexington, Kentucky, September 23, 1935 - Los Angeles, California, December 29, 2023) was an American soul jazz pianist and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul. An early musical success for McCann was his winning of a Navy talent contest for singing; this led to an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. McCann's main career began in the early 1960s when he recorded as a pianist with his trio for Pacific Jazz Records. <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul jazz
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- Fontana Records
- Official website
- www.lesmccannunlimited.com
- Image
- Les McCann.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1935-09-23
- Commons category
- Les McCann
- date of death
- 2023-12-29
- name in native language
- Les McCann
- birth name
- Leslie Coleman McCann
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (3)
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