Layers (Les McCann album)

Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.[2][3]

Layers
Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedNovember 1972
Regent Sound Studios, New York
GenreJazz-funk[1]
Length44:02
LabelAtlantic
SD 1646 , 32 Groove
ProducerJoel Dorn
Les McCann chronology
Live at Montreux
(1972)
Layers
(1973)
Another Beginning
(1974)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]

AllMusic gives the album 4½ stars, stating "This groundbreaking jazz synthesizer record is really unlike any other Les McCann ever made. Aside from a three-man percussion section and electric bassist Jimmy Rowser, Layers is entirely electronic, one of the first jazz albums with such an emphasis. ...this music is truly forward-looking and ahead of its time".[4]

The song "Sometimes I Cry" has been sampled in several other songs, most notably in Slick Rick's "Behind Bars" and its drum beat in Massive Attack's "Teardrop" and "Bullet Boy".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Les McCann

  1. "Sometimes I Cry" - 5:22
  2. "Let's Gather" - 1:13
  3. "Anticipation" - 0:52
  4. "The Dunbar High School Marching Band" - 6:07
  5. "Soaring (At Dawn) Part I"- 5:54
  6. "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" - 5:55
  7. "Interlude" - 0:33
  8. "Before I Rest" - 3:43
  9. "Let's Play ('til Mom Calls)" - 4:26
  10. "It Never Stopped in My Home Town" - 1:54
  11. "Soaring (At Sunset) Part II" - 8:03

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed March 8, 2016
  3. ^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
  4. ^ a b Huey, Steve. Layers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Samples of Sometimes I Cry by les McCann on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.