Jazz Waltz (Les McCann and the Jazz Crusaders album)

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Jazz Waltz

Studio album by

Les McCann & the Jazz Crusaders

Released

1963

Recorded

Late 1963

Studio

Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA

Genre

Jazz

Length

31:43

Label

Pacific Jazz
PJ 81

Producer

Richard Bock

Les McCann chronology

Soul Hits
(1963)

Jazz Waltz
(1963)

Spanish Onions
(1964)

The Jazz Crusaders chronology

Heat Wave
(1963)

Jazz Waltz
(1963)

Stretchin' Out
(1964)

Jazz Waltz is an album by pianist Les McCann with the Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic gives the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Les McCann except where noted.

"Spanish Castles" (George Gruntz) - 2:24
"Blues for Yna Yna" (Gerald Wilson) - 3:08
"Damascus" - 4:09
"3/4 For God & Co." - 3:24
"Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans) - 2:58
"Big City" (Marvin Jenkins) - 2:35
"This Here" (Bobby Timmons) - 2:59
"Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 3:42
"All Blues" (Miles Davis) - 4:12
"Jazz Waltz" (Bobby Haynes) - 2:45

Personnel

Les McCann - piano, organ, electric piano

The Jazz Crusaders

References

^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series accessed January 12, 2016
^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed January 12, 2016
^ ^a ^b Jazz Waltz – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2016.

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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.
Albums 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)
With 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)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)

v t e The Crusaders
Wilton Felder Joe Sample Wayne Henderson Stix Hooper Larry Carlton Robert Popwell
Studio albums	Southern Comfort Chain Reaction Those Southern Knights Free as the Wind Images Street Life Standing Tall Royal Jam Ghetto Blaster
as the Jazz Crusaders	Freedom Sound Lookin' Ahead The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse Tough Talk Heat Wave Jazz Waltz Stretchin' Out The Thing Chile Con Soul Live at the Lighthouse '66 Talk That Talk The Festival Album Uh Huh Lighthouse '68 Powerhouse Lighthouse '69
Songs	"Street Life"
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