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 ...