Beaux J. Pooboo by Les McCann (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Beaux J. Pooboo

Artist name: Les McCann

Year: 1965

Number of discs: one

Label: Limelight

Collection: Friedman

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Les McCann or this record.

What I expected

Jazz.

What it was actually like

Les McCann, it turned out, was a pianist, and this was a piano-heavy jazz record that I thought was ok, but not very exciting.

Some parts, like The Grabber and Bat Man, had more of a bebop sound, and on the former, parts were atonal, arrhythmic and antimelodic, but overall it was a good song.

I also liked the guitar on the title track Beaux J. Pooboo.

Green Green Rocky Road was much more of an upbeat R&B song with vocals and lots of percussion, and The Great City was also lively.

Les McNasty was in a much slower jazz style and I thought it was far less fun than the rest.