{"product_id":"les-mccann-layers-vinyl","title":"McCann, Les: Layers (Coloured Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oD6abEPnt2U?si=A6CIdfaK_Smi5tj1\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis incredible album – long a favorite 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTruth 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you’re new to \u003cem\u003eLayers\u003c\/em\u003e or just updating a well-loved and heavily worn-out copy, throw this one on, light one up and lose yourself for an hour…or even a couple days, if you have the option.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSometimes I Cry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet's Gather\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnticipation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dunbar High School Marching Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoaring (At Dawn) Part 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Harlem Buck Strut Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterlude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore I Rest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet's Play (Til Mom Calls)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Never Stopped In My Home Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoaring (At Sunset) Part 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656588333402,"sku":"GET52757LP","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/les-mcann-layers.jpg?v=1743598553","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/les-mccann-layers-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}