Comment (album)

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Studio album by
Les McCann
Released1970
RecordedAugust 19–22 and October 22, 1969
Atlantic Studios and Regent Sound Studios, New York.
Genre Jazz
Length32:37
Label Atlantic
SD 1547
Producer Joel Dorn
Les McCann chronology
Swiss Movement
(1969)		Comment
(1970)		 Second Movement
(1971)

Comment is an album by pianist/vocalist Les McCann recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic gives the album 3 stars stating "The godfather of contemporary jazz-soul chills, changing the pace from his electrifying collaborations with Eddie Harris – Swiss Movement and Second Movement – that preceded and followed this mellow set of mostly love songs". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Helen Lewis and Kay Lewis except as indicated

  1. "How Many Broken Wings" – 3:30
  2. "Can't We Be Strangers Again" – 5:09
  3. "Unless It's You" (Morgan Ames, Johnny Mandel) – 5:01
  4. "What I Call Soul" – 4:11
  5. "Comment" (Yusuf Rahman, Charles Wright) – 5:27
  6. "Baby, Baby" – 2:52
  7. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár, Fritz Löhner-Beda, Ludwig Herzer  [ de ]) – 6:27

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series accessed March 8, 2016
  2. ↑ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 8, 2016
  3. 1 2 Hamilton, Andrew. Comment – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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