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The Man
| Recorded | c. 1978 |
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| Label | A&M Records |
| Released | 1978 |
| Personnel | 21 credited players |
| Discogs | master 92866 |
The record
Late-'70s Les McCann finds him leaning into synths, clavinet, and studio-slick session muscle -- Richard Tee on acoustic piano, a stacked rhythm section -- chasing the era's crossover sound over the gospel-soaked funk that made his name.
Session personnel
- Eddie N. Watkins Jr. — bass
- Jimmy Rowser — bass
- Kevin Johnson — drums
- Tim May — electric guitar
- Art Maebe — french horn
- Vincent DeRosa — french horn
- Les McCann — keyboards, vocals, piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [arp], electric piano [roland mp700], piano, clavinet
- Nicholas Kirgo — lead guitar [acoustic and electric]
- Elmira Collins — percussion
- Gary Coleman — percussion
- Richard Tee — piano [acoustic]
- Steuart Liebig — rhythm guitar [acoustic and electric]
- George Bohanon — trombone
- Lew McCreary — trombone
- Ollie Mitchell — trumpet
- Steve Madaio — trumpet
- Walter Johnson — trumpet
- Ernie Watts — woodwind
- John Heitmann — woodwind
- Sheridon Stokes — woodwind
- William Green — woodwind
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman earliest on file |
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| 1978 | A&M Records — STEREO |
| 1978 | A&M Records · AMLH 64718 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 1978 | A&M Records · AMLH 64718 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | A&M Records · L-36,755 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1978 | A&M Records · AMLH 64718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP-4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | A&M Records · AMLH 64718 — Vinyl, LP, White Label |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1978 | A&M Records · SP 4718 — Vinyl, LP, Test Pressing |