Les Mccann - Layers Get On Down (Red smoke coloured Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 07 March 2025 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

Pressed on red smoke coloured vinyl. Starting in the late 60s, jazz music started to take an interesting, and very soulful turn. Influenced by the funk of the day – from James Brown to Sly & The Family Stone – the art form, generally not considered a funky musical genre, started to stretch out and fit into the times. It was a fertile era, and to reciprocate, funk, soul and groovy rock fans started to discover accomplished, open-minded jazz artists like Les McCann, whose tunes made sense to their ears, even if bebop hadn’t grabbed them. This incredible album – long a favourite of forward-thinking hip-hop producers and DJs – washes over listeners from the first chords of the incredible album opener, “Sometimes I Cry,” led by McCann’s array of analogue synthesizers and backed by an excellent rhythm section (Donald Dean on drums; Ralph McDonald on percussion and Jimmy Rowser on bass). Truth be told, highlights are hard to pick out, but fans never go long without returning to the fuzzed-out funk of “The Harlem Buck Strut Dance,” “Let’s Play (Til Mom Calls)” and “It Never Stopped In My Hometown.” These keyboard-drenched grooves sat alongside record stacks brimming with Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye’s 70s soul and, of course, Miles Davis’ space funk experiments of the era (like Bitches Brew). Tracks: Songs From Boston.

A1. Sometimes I Cry A2. Let's Gather A3. Anticipation A4. The Dunbar High School Marching Band A5 . Soaring (At Dawn) Part 1. Songs From My Childhood. B1. The Harlem Buck Strut Dance B2. Interlude B3. Before I Rest B4. Let's Play (Til Mom Calls) B5. It Never Stopped In My Home Town B6. Soaring (At Sunset) Part 2