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Les McCann

One of the great jazz keyboard players and singers, Les McCann's performance at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the most legendary in jazz history, resulting in one of the most influential jazz albums of all time, Swiss Movement. Merging swing and gospel music, he was regarded as one of jazz's most visionary talents, pioneering electronic ideas, which helped create jazz rock. Born on September 23, 1935, in Lexington, Kentucky, he had a few piano lessons as a child but was largely self-taught and his exuberant style was strongly influenced by Erroll Garner. In the early ...