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Les McCann / The Mitchell-Ruff Trio: 20 Special Fingers

Read "20 Special Fingers" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1999

The twenty fingers in the title for this double reissue CD come from two exciting piano trios of the 1960s. Both Les McCann and Dwike Mitchell offer blues-based, gospel influenced piano storytelling on their Atlantic albums Much Les and The Catbird Seat, respectively. McCann was at the peak of his career then, still using an acoustic ...

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Les McCann/The Mitchell-Ruff Trio: 20 Special Fingers

Read "20 Special Fingers" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 1999

20 Special Fingers is an unusual two-disc combination of Les McCann's 1968 Atlantic debut, Much Les (already available on CD as a Rhino two-fer) with the Mitchell-Ruff Trio's 1961 Atlantic debut, The Catbird Seat. Joel Dorn, producer of the McCann set and owner of the label that issued this set, explains this oddity ...