Comment (album)

1970 studio album by Les McCann

Comment

Studio album by

Les McCann

Released| 1970
Recorded| August 19–22 and October 22, 1969
Studio| Atlantic Studios and Regent Sound Studios, New York
Genre| Jazz
Length| 32:37
Label| Atlantic
SD 1547
Producer| Joel Dorn
Les McCann chronology
| Swiss Movement
(1969)  | Comment
(1970)  | Second Movement
(1971)

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

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

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

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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) – 6:27

## Personnel

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* Les McCann – piano, electric piano, vocals
* Jimmy Owens, Joe Wilder, Richard Williams – trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
* Dick Griffin, Benny Powell – trombone (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
* Seldon Powell – soprano saxophone, alto flute (track 3)
* Richard Landry – baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
* Roberta Flack – vocals, piano (tracks 1 & 2)
* Junior Mance, (track 6), Richard Tee (track 4) – piano
* Roland Hanna – harpsichord (track 3)
* Margaret Ross – harp (track 3)
* Billy Butler – guitar (track 5)
* Ron Carter – bass (tracks 1–3, 6 & 7), electric bass (tracks 4 & 5)
* Billy Cobham (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7), Donald Dean (track 5) – drums
* Unidentified vocal group conducted by Valerie Simpson (track 2)
* William Fischer – arrangement, director (tracks 1–3, 6 & 7)
* Selwart Clarke – concertmaster (tracks 1, 3 & 7)
* Clarence Cooper, Greer V. Brown, Barbara Brown, Diane Gabay, Dennis DeVitt, Denisia Frey, Paula Roberts, Francesca Michaelides, Loretta Ritter, Jamie Mulligan, Terre Nappi, Anna Barnes, Jane Fischer, Aeuie Draper, Gene McD, Susan McD, Patricia Mulligan – choir (track 7)

## References

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

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959)
* The Truth (1960)
* The Shout (1960)
* In San Francisco (1960)
* From the Top of the Barrel (1960)
* Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961)
* In New York (1961)
* Plays the Shampoo (1961)
* New from the Big City (1961)
* Pretty Lady (1961)
* Les McCann Sings (1961)
* Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962)
* On Time (1962)
* The Gospel Truth (1963)
* Soul Hits (1963)
* Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963)
* A Bag of Gold (1963–64)
* McCanna (1964)
* Spanish Onions (1964)
* McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964)
* But Not Really (1964)
* Beaux J. Pooboo (1965)
* Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965)
* Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966)
* Bucket o' Grease (1966)
* Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967)
* Much Les (1968)
* Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969)
* Comment (1969)
* Invitation to Openness (1971)
* Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971)
* Layers (1972)
* Live at Montreux (1972)
* Talk to the People (1972)
* Another Beginning (1974)

With
others|

* Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962)
* Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962)
* That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962)
* Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
* Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)

Soundtracks|

* Soul To Soul (1971)

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