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thesobsister · 4 months

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Les McCann, Eddie Harris, "Compared to What"

I found out today that the great Les McCann died Friday, age 88. He and Harris, who put on this now-legendary gig at Montreux as an unplanned gig, had long careers on their own, before and after. On this day in 1969, they walked onstage without rehearsal or ever having played together and did it, working under the additional pressure that this unscheduled performance was being recorded and filmed.

This added a little fillip to the story:

Despite the pressure, or perhaps because of it, as Mr. McCann recalled in the liner notes for the 1996 CD reissue of the concert album, which was released in 1969 as 'Swiss Movement,' “Just before we went onstage, and for the first time in my life, I smoked some hash.”

When he got to the bandstand, he wrote, “I didn’t know where the hell I was. I was totally disoriented. The other guys said, ‘OK, play, man!’ Somehow I got myself together, and after that, everything just took off.”

Even if you know the song, watching them perform it is a treat.

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fabiche · 3 months

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Montreux Jazz Festival 1976

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actualfucking · 30 days

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Sade live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1984

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roseband · 9 months

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I can make you mad, I can make you scream I can make you cry, I can make you leave I can make you hate me for everything But I can't make you come back to me

#the rose #montreux jazz festival #woosung #dojoon #hajoon #jaehyeong #// flashing gif #*gifs #*the rose #ceohan #waaaaah i want the album so bad!!

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wilbursoot-updates · 7 months

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