Les McCann
Layers

Released:

Jan. 9, 1974 on Atlantic # SD-1646 (LP; gatefold)

Reissued:

Jul. 20, 1993 on Rhino # R2-71280 (CD): Layers
Aug. 3, 1999 on 32 Jazz # 32138 (CD)
Feb. 11, 2002 on Four Men With Beards # 107 (LP; audiophile)
Aug. 27, 2002 on Collectables # COL-CD-6366 (CD)

Track List:

Side 1 (Songs From Boston) - 19:19

1. Sometimes I Cry (Les McCann) - 5:24
2. Let's Gather (Les McCann) - 1:08
3. Anticipation (Les McCann) - 0:48
4. The Dunbar High School Marching Band (Les McCann) - 6:06
5. Soaring (At Dawn) Part I (Les McCann) - 5:53

Side 2 (Songs From My Childhood) - 24:29

1. The Harlem Buck Dance Strut (Les McCann) - 5:55
2. Interlude (Les McCann) - 0:33
3. Before I Rest (Les McCann) - 3:44
4. Let's Play ('Til Mom Calls) (Les McCann) - 4:20
5. It Never Stopped In My Home Town (Les McCann) - 1:54
6. Soaring (At Sunset) Part II (Les McCann) - 8:03

Total - 43:48

Recorded:

Nov. 1972 at Regent Sound Studios, New York, NY

Musicians:

Les McCann (piano, electric piano, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, drums, tympani, arranger, conductor)
Buck Clarke (conga drums, bongo drums, blocks, bells, percussion)
Ralph MacDonald (conga drums, bells, percussion)
Donald Dean (drums, bells, percussion)
Jimmy Rowser (bass violin: Tracks 1-1 & 1-5), (electric bass: Tracks 1-2, 1-4 & 2-1), (bells, percussion)

Credits:

Joel Dorn (producer, liner notes)
Jack Shaw (production associate)
Bob Liftin (recording engineer, remix engineer, liner notes)
Graphic Projects Inc. (album design)
Jesse Califano (cover photography)
Les McCann (liner notes)