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Les McCann – Layers
Les McCann
Layers
Style: Jazz
Label: Atlantic
Catalog Number: SD 1646
Released: 1974, 70's
Les McCann’s drum break classic Layers was conceived in his mind long before the tapes were rolling at Joel Dorn’s Regent Sound Studios in New York. With just a few percussionists as accompaniment, McCann crafted an entire orchestra of sound, recording layer after layer of instruments using the new ARP synthesizer. “I had the feeling that the instruments were alive. It was like magic – magic from my childhood – magic for now – and magic for all time,” reflects McCann in the album liner notes. Check opener ” Sometimes I Cry” for the open drum break and “Soaring (At Dawn) Part I” for some of the most beautiful ARP synthesizer overdubbing ever.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Drum Break / Jazz-funk / Synthesizer
Tracklist:
Songs From Boston
A1 Sometimes I Cry
A2 Let’s Gather
A3 Anticipation
A4 The Dunbar High School Marching Band
A5 Soaring (At Dawn) Part I
Songs From My Childhood
B1 The Harlem Buck Strut Dance
B2 Interlude
B3 Before I Rest
B4 Let’s Play (‘Til Mom Calls)
B5 It Never Stopped In My Home Town
B6 Soaring (At Sunset) Part II
Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor, Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Arp], Clavinet, Drums, Timpani, Composed By, Liner Notes – Les McCann
Bells, Percussion – Jimmy Rowser
Co-producer [Production Associate] – Jack Shaw
Congas, Bells, Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Congas, Bongos, Bells, Wood Block, Percussion – Buck Clarke
Design [Album] – Graphic Projects, Inc.
Double Bass [Bass Violin] – Jimmy Rowser (tracks: A1, A5)
Drums, Bells, Percussion – Donald Dean
Electric Bass – Jimmy Rowser (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
Engineer [Recording & Re-mix] – Bob Liftin
Liner Notes – Robert Liftin*
Other [Special Thanks] – Marty Cohen, Tom Oberheim
Photography [Cover] – Jesse Califano
Producer, Liner Notes – Joel Dorn
