Layers (Red Smoke Coloured Vinyl)

Description

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 hadnt grabbed them. This incredible album long a favourite 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 McCanns array of analogue synthesizers and backed by an excellent rhythm section (Donald Dean on drums; Ralph McDonald on percussion and Jimmy Rowser on bass). Truth 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, Lets 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 Gayes 70s soul and, of course, Miles Davis space funk experiments of the era (like Bitches Brew)