Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo

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Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo

Live album by

Les McCann Ltd.

Released

1963

Recorded

December 29, 1961
The Village Gate, New York City, NY

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:11

Label

Pacific Jazz
PJ 63

Producer

Richard Bock

Les McCann chronology

Les McCann Ltd. in New York
(1961)

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo
(1963)

New from the Big City
(1961)

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (subtitled At the Village Gate) is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1]^[2] The album was recorded at the same residency as Les McCann Ltd. in New York but not released until 1963.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic rated the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated

"The Shampoo" - 4:08
"Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener) - 4:53
"You I Thought I Knew" - 7:00
"Woody 'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:08
"Someone Stole My Chitlins" - 3:58
"Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:28
"Filet of Soul" - 3:26
"Smile Stacey" - 5:10

Personnel

References

^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series accessed January 12, 2016
^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed January 12, 2016
^ ^a ^b Les McCann Plays he Shampoo at the Village – Review 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)

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