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Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo

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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Les McCann

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
37:11

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Stardust Records

Recorded
  
December 29, 1961 The Village Gate, New York City, NY

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (1961)
  
New from the Big City (1961)

Similar
  
Les McCann albums, Jazz albums

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (subtitled At the Village Gate) is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album was recorded at the same residency as Les McCann Ltd. in New York but not released until 1963.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic rated the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated

  1. "The Shampoo" - 4:08
  2. "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener) - 4:53
  3. "You I Thought I Knew" - 7:00
  4. "Woody 'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:08
  5. "Someone Stole My Chitlins" - 3:58
  6. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:28
  7. "Filet of Soul" - 3:26
  8. "Smile Stacey" - 5:10

Personnel

  • Les McCann - piano
  • Herbie Lewis - bass
  • Ron Jefferson - drums
  • Songs

    1The Shampoo4:23
    2Too Close for Comfort5:02
    3You I Thought I Knew7:08

    References

    Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo Wikipedia