Bucket o' Grease
1967 studio album by Les McCann Ltd.
Bucket o' Grease | ||||
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Studio album by Les McCann Ltd. | ||||
Released | 1967 | |||
Recorded | December 27 & 28, 1966 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 31:50 | |||
Label | Limelight LM 82043 | |||
Producer | Jerry Ross | |||
Les McCann chronology | ||||
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Bucket o' Grease is an album by pianist Les McCann's group Les McCann Ltd., recorded in late 1966 and released on the Limelight label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic gives the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Jerry Ross and Les McCann except as indicated
- "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" (Jimmy Castor) - 1:48
- "Bang! Bang!" (Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater) - 2:19
- "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin) - 3:07
- "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) - 3:41
- "La Brea" - 3:53
- "All" (Marian Grudeff, Nino Oliviero, Raymond Jessel) - 2:43
- "Red Top" (Gene Ammons, Ben Kynard, Lionel Hampton) - 3:01
- "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:09
- "Boo-Go-Loo" (Jerry Murray) - 2:51
- "Bucket O' Grease" - 2:45
- "Fake Out" - 2:33
Personnel
- Les McCann - piano, electric piano
- Lee Katzman - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone, flute
- Lynn Blessing - vibraphone
- Jimmy Georgantones - guitar
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Booker T. Robinson - drums
- Ron Rich, Ric Desilva, Aki Aleong, Joseph Torres - percussion
References
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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.
as
leader
or
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)
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)
- Soul To Soul (1971)