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Live At Shelly's Manne-Hole (album)
''Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole'' is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded on New Year's Eve 1965 at Shelly's Manne-Hole and released on the Limelight label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed March 8, 2016 Reception Allmusic gives the album 4 stars stating "This album is one of the best from this artist's early acoustic days". Track listing ''All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated'' # "She Broke My Heart (And I Broke Her Jaw)" - 4:23 # "I'll Be On Home" - 5:00 # " All Alone" ( Irving Berlin) - 4:04 # "My Friends" - 5:15 # " I Could Have Danced All Night" (From '' My Fair Lady'') (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 3:32 # "That Was the Freak That Was" - 5:35 # "Young and Foolish" (From '' Plain and Fancy'') ( Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) - 6:47 # "How's Your Mother (Theme)" - 2:38 Personnel *Les McCann - piano * Victor Gaskin - bass * Paul Humphrey - drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les McCann
Leslie Coleman McCann (born September 23, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and vocalist.Feather, Leonard, and Ira Gitler (2007), ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 448. Oxford University Press. Early life Les McCann was born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. He grew up in a musical family of four, a brother and three sisters with most of McCann's family singing in church choirs. His father was a fan of jazz music and his mother was known to hum opera around the house. As a youth, he played the tuba and drums and performed in his school's marching band. As a pianist McCann, was largely self-taught. He explained he only received piano lessons for a few weeks as a six-year-old before his teacher died. Career During his service in the U.S. Navy, McCann won a singing contest which led to an appearance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. After leaving the Navy, McCann moved to California and played in his own trio. He declined an offer to work in Cannonball Adderley's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young And Foolish
"Young and Foolish" is a popular song with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt, published in 1954. The song was introduced in the musical '' Plain and Fancy'' (1955–56), and has since been recorded by many singers since. Recorded versions * Franck Amsallem * Paul Anka * Tony Bennett – for the album ''The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album'' (1975). * Eve Boswell * Sacha Distel * Jay Clayton *Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56)'' issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009. *Bill Evans – on his 1959 album '' Everybody Digs Bill Evans'' * The Four Preps *Lesley Gore * Gogi Grant – for her album ''Torch Time'' (1959). * Bill Henderson * Ronnie Hilton – his cover version reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956. * Edmund Hockridge - this reached the No. 10 spot in the UK chart in 1956. * Richard "Groove" Holmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Live Albums
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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