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Les McCann |
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Name: Les McCann
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Leslie Coleman McCann |
| Born: |
23 Sep 1935 |
| Origin: |
Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
| Instruments: |
Piano, Keyboard, Vocal |
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| Les McCann is a self-taught musician (other than the four piano lessons he took as a youth from a nice old lady who lived in the neighbourhood). In the early fifties, he left the South and joined the Navy. While stationed in California, he took every opportunity to visit San Francisco's jazz clubs, where he first experienced Miles Davis and his music. His first major influence though, was pianist Erroll Garner, who shared the same exuberance and bursting vocalizations. After his discharge from the military, Les McCann moved to Los Angeles and formed a trio, Les McCann Ltd., which became a favourite on the Sun Strip in the late fifties. |
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