Les McCann Live in Paris 28 July 1961

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

 

Just arrived this morning. Just listened to it.

It's fine vintage Les McCann with Herbie Lewis and Ron Jefferson. In fact it seems more revealing than any of his Pacific Jazz live albums. It's as if in Paris he didn't feel he had to behave in any certain way on the stage.

(Pity they had to use a photo from 1962 for the cover, though. That's definitely not clothing for July in Paris.)

And it ain't a 3 disc set. I spent ages looking for the third disc but, if I'd looked at the back, I'd have seen it was a porky. There are only 2 discs; two hours seven minutes altogether.

It's a mite expensive but I really don't mind about that; I AM, after all, a bit of a fanatic for Les.

MG

[Eric]

Interesting - are there other titles in the series?

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, Eric said:

Interesting - are there other titles in the series?

Browse through this page: http://www.lalibrairiesonore.com/catalogue/jazz/jazz.html

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Thanks Mike.

The Nat 'King' Cole with Q Jones big band in 1960 looks intriguing. One definite for me is Ray Charles at Newport 1960. Probable is the Horace SIlver Paris 1961. Otherwise, the first 3 pages reveal all the usual people.

MG

[jazzbo]

There's a Ray Charles live in Paris 1962 as well. 

[Dan Gould]

The Les McCann was brought up earlier in the year here:

I think MG was "away" at the time otherwise he'd have probably snagged the McCann even sooner.

Here's another link specific to Live in Paris listings:

http://www.live-in-paris.fr/live-in-paris-jazz/

I can strongly recommend the Horace Silver but what is strange is that Mike's link is a single CD and the live in paris link above is two discs wroth of music.

[jazzbo]

There's also a 3 cd set of Ray Charles live in Paris 1962

http://www.lalibrairiesonore.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1577&Itemid=13

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

 

Just arrived this morning. Just listened to it.

It's fine vintage Les McCann with Herbie Lewis and Ron Jefferson. In fact it seems more revealing than any of his Pacific Jazz live albums. It's as if in Paris he didn't feel he had to behave in any certain way on the stage.

(Pity they had to use a photo from 1962 for the cover, though. That's definitely not clothing for July in Paris.)

And it ain't a 3 disc set. I spent ages looking for the third disc but, if I'd looked at the back, I'd have seen it was a porky. There are only 2 discs; two hours seven minutes altogether.

It's a mite expensive but I really don't mind about that; I AM, after all, a bit of a fanatic for Les.

MG

And spotlites are recurringly on Herbie Lewis - showcasing his considerable talent ....

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

There's also a 3 cd set of Ray Charles live in Paris 1962

http://www.lalibrairiesonore.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1577&Itemid=13

Thanks for this link, Lon.

The Ray Charles of 22 October 1961 has been out before and one of my PRIZED albums, with the greatest Don Wilkerson solo of all time. It was called 'Genius + Soul = Jazz Live' on the Italian label that brought it out.

No one should hesitate about getting this album.

MG