Record basics

• Album name: Beaux J. Pooboo
• Artist name: Les McCann
• Year: 1965
• Number of discs: one
• Label: Limelight
• Collection: Friedman
• Buy it on Amazon: $39.00

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.

Grade

3/5: interesting, but not for me