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Les McCann

  • Jazz Unlimited for May 12, 2019, will present “Truth.” Truth is a hard word to define because it can mean many things. A statement is only true if it is…
  • Jazz Unlimited for March 24, 2019 will be “Soul Jazz.” The ‘Soul Jazz” style of jazz grew out of hard bop as an alternative to the hard turn to the…
  • Jazz Unlimited for March 11, 2018 is “Music I Grew Up With.” I began following jazz in the late 1950’s and during this time started my collection, which…
  • Jazz Unlimited for August 14, 2016 will be “The Career of Teddy Edwards.” Tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards would have been better known had he lived in New…
  • Jazz Unlimited for June 3, 2016 will be “Live at Montreux.” The Montreux Jazz Festival celebrates its 50th year this July. It is the most recorded jazz…
  • Jazz Unlimited for 11/29/15 is "The Career of Joe Pass." The New Yorker magazine said, “Joe Pass looks like somebody's uncle and plays guitar like…
  • The Jazz Unlimited show for Sunday, July 7 will feature music from “The Career of Bassist Leroy Vinnegar.” Leroy Vinnegar was born in Indianapolis in…
  • On December 2, 2012, our series on jazz recorded in left coast clubs continues with part four. The featured artists will be Lester Young, Oscar Peterson,…