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JOE PASS & LES MCCANN

SOMETHING SPECIAL: THE 1962 SESSIONS (2CD)
Label AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS
Catalog 99102
Format CD
Discs 2
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2014-06-14
Description
3 COMPLETE LPs ON A 2CD SET. 24-BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED STEREO ORIGINAL RECORDINGS. INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLE.
All 1962 collaborations by Joe Pass and pianist Les McCann who would continue working together the following year. Their 1962 output consists of their participation on Richard “Groove” Holmes LP Somethin’ Special (Pacific Jazz PJ-ST51) and on McCann’s own album On Time (Pacific Jazz PJ56). Both records appear here in their entirety as well as two tracks from the second LP (“The Other Way” and “Free at Pass”) that were not included on the original album. As a bonus we have added the complete LP Back in Town! (Pacific Jazz PJ54/World Pacific Jazz ST20150). Issued under the name of singer/guitarist Bumble Bee Slim (born Amos Easton) it consisted of two sessions one featuring Pass and the other featuring McCann.

JOE PASS guitar
LES McCANN piano
On all tracks plus:
CD1 1-6: Somethin’ Special
Clifford Scott (as ts) Richard “Groove” Holmes (org) Ron Jefferson (d). Los Angeles April 1962.
CD1 7-12 & CD2 1-5: On Time
Leroy Vinnegar (b) Ron Jefferson (d). Los Angeles May-August 1962.

*Bonus album (CD2 6-15): Back in Town!
CD2 6-12: (Omit Les McCann.) Joe Pass (g) Curtis Amy (ts; out on 10) Lou Blackburn (tb on 8 10 & 12 only) Richard “Groove” Holmes (org) Bumble Bee Slim (vcl g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Ron Jefferson (d).
Los Angeles April 1962.
CD2 13-15: (Omit Joe Pass.) Les McCann (p) Bumble Bee Slim (vcl g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Ron Jefferson (d).
Los Angeles April 26 1962.

All original sessions produced by Richard Bock.
tracklisting
CD1:
1 SOMETHING SPECIAL 9:14
2 BLACK GROOVE 5:48
3 ME & GROOVE 3:13
4 COMIN’ THROUGH THE APPLE 5:19
5 I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU 6:32
6 CARMA 5:28
7 ON TIME 4:20
8 YOURS IS MY HEART ALONE 4:49
9 THIS FOR DOUG 5:59
10 FONDUE 5:17
11 BERNIE’S TUNE 3:06
12 MAICHEN 4:37

CD2:
1 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU 5:06
2 YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY 5:01
3 SO WHAT 3:06
4 THE OTHER WAY 4:51
5 FREE AT PASS... THANK GOD ALLMIGHTY... FREE AT PASS 5:03
6 MEET ME IN THE BOTTOM 3:25*
7 IN THE EVENING 4:33*
8 NEW B & O BLUES 2:44*
9 PUPPY LOVE 5:02*
10 WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN’2:46*
11 WEE BABY BLUES 5:52*
12 I’M THE ONE 2:34*
13 DIRECT SOUTH 3:34*
14 DRIFTIN’ BLUES 4:33*
15 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 2:31*
 

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