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Les McCann: How's Your Mother?
ByThe trio is McCann's ideal unit and he shows off all his best tricks here. And anyone who's ever seen the big man live knows how much drama he can pack into a song (something very few of today's re-boppers and modal copycats even dare consider). He's got showmanship to spare. The only grudge is McCann's off-mike growling as he gets going. But that's a minor quibble when you hear what his fingers are doing.
Highlights are plenty: the moody "Love For Sale," the rollicking gospel cocktail of Porter's "I Am In Love," Leroy Vinnegar's blues, "Doin' That Thing" (chock full of McCann quotes from "Wade in the Water," "Caravan" and even "Goin Out of my Head"), a beautiful "Sunny" and McCann's jaunty "Blues." Even "Goin' Out Of My Head" is taken a bit more seriously by McCann here than on the Bohemian Caverns date.
Despite the disc's odd title and bizarre cover art (McCann with Hubert Humphrey!), this is a terrific set, at a bargain price, very much worth exploring.
Track Listing
Love For Sale; I Can Dig It; Doin' that Thing; I Am In Love; Goin' Out Of my head; Sunny; Blues; The Shampoo.
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Title: How's Your Mother? (Live In New York 1967) | Year Released: 1998 | Record Label: Jazz Heritage
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