Les McCann - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 2-6-1974

The flood of concerts from the Ebbets Field venue in Denver, Colorado continues. This one stars soul jazz pianist Les McCann.

I'm not really into jazz, although there are some exceptions. For instance, I do like vocal jazz more than the all instrumental kind. I'm posting this because I'm trying to be post most of the Ebbets Field concerts I find, and McCann's fusion of soul and jazz is more palatable to me than straight jazz.

Here's some of what Wikipedia has to say about him: "[McCann] was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop. ... After the success of "Swiss Movement" (the album that contained "Compared to What"), McCann, primarily a piano player, emphasized his vocals. He became an innovator in soul jazz, merging jazz with funk, soul and world rhythms. His music was influential for its use of electric piano, clavinet, and synthesizer."

Here's the link to the entry:

Les McCann - Wikipedia

This concert contains a version of "Compared to What," McCann's surprise hit single. That song only reached Number 35 in the U.S. singles charts, but it sold over a million copies. So it was a slow seller, but ultimately reached numbers expected of a song that got close to the top of the charts. And it became a classic, with over 200 cover versions. The song was actually written by Gene McDaniels, although McCann released the first version of it, back in 1966.

Unfortunately for me, aside from "Compared to What" and two other songs, most of the songs in this concert were instrumentals. And I say that's unfortunate, because I don't know what the titles are for them. The source I found for this bootleg did have titles, but they were just made up by somebody as best guesses, such as "Electric Funk." It turns out they had nothing to do with the actual titles. So if anyone is very familiar with McCann's music, please help us out so I can update this with the correct names.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 58 minutes long. 

01 Talk to the People (Les McCann)
02 Unknown Song 1 [Instrumental] (Les McCann)
03 Unknown Song 2 [Instrumental] (Les McCann)
04 Soaring [At Dawn] (Les McCann)
05 Unknown Song 3 [Instrumental] (Les McCann)
06 Unknown Song 4 [Instrumental] (Les McCann)
07 Compared to What (Les McCann)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/zRTUmdcc

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/XTZTWL9noeEQjVi/file

The cover photo is from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974. The original was in black and white, but I colorized it with the use of the Kolorize program.