Les McCann
Pump It Up

Released:

Sep. 17, 2002 on ESC # 4906 (CD; digipack; bifold)

Also:

Feb. 21, 2002 on JVC Victor # VICJ-60892 [Japan] (CD)

Track List:

1. Pump It Up (Ricky Peterson/Paul Peterson/Alan Abrahams/Margaret Fowler/Les McCann) - 4:51
2. Buckshot And Lefonque (Dean Brown/Alan Abrahams/Margaret Fowler/Les McCann) - 5:16
3. Let It Ride (The Train) (Bill Evans/Alan Abrahams/Margaret Fowler) - 4:45
4. I Can't Stand It (Les McCann/Alan Abrahams/Marcus Miller/Margaret Fowler) - 6:39
5. So What (Eugene McDaniels/Terry Silverlight) - 5:51
6. You Just Can't Smile It Away (Bill Withers) - 4:57
7. Tryin' To Make It Real (John Robinson/Tony Maiden/Alan Abrahams) - 6:20
8. The Truth (Les McCann/Margaret Fowler) - 6:10
9. Daylight (Bill Evans/Alan Abrahams/Margaret Fowler/Les McCann) - 5:23
10. Funk It (Let The Music Play) (Dean Brown/Schuyler Deale/Alan Abrahams/Margaret Fowler/Les McCann) - 5:07
11. Reprise: I Can't Stand It (Les McCann/Alan Abrahams/Marcus Miller) - 0:56

Total - 56:20

Recorded:

Oct.-Dec. 2001 at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Victory Studios, Agoura Hills, CA & various locations

Musicians:

Les McCann (lead vocals)
plus (by track):

1. Ricky Peterson, Alan Abrahams (arrangers)
   Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
   Paul Peterson (guitars)
   The Victory Horns:
   Keith Anderson (tenor sax, alto solo)
   Tom Saviano (alto sax)
   Bill Churchville (trumpet)
   
   
2. Dean Brown (lead guitar, rhythm guitars)
   Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
   Paul Jackson Jr. (add. rhythm guitar)
   John Robinson (drums)
   Abraham Laboriel (bass)
   Keith Anderson (sax)
   Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap (background vocals)
   
   
3. Bill Evans (saxes)
   Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
   Paul Jackson Jr. (rhythm guitars)
   John Robinson (drums)
   Abraham Laboriel (bass)
   Paulinho da Costa (percussion)
   Margaret Fowler (background vocals)
   
   
4. Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
   John Robinson (drums)
   Marcus Miller (bass)
   Paulinho da Costa (congas)
   Paul Jackson Jr. (guitars)
   Keith Anderson (sax solo)
   Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap (background vocals)
   
   
5. Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer piano)
   John Robinson (drums)
   Abraham Laboriel (bass)
   Paul Jackson Jr. (rhythm guitars)
   Paulinho da Costa (percussion)
   Keith Anderson (sax solo)
   Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap (background vocals)
   
   
6. Les McCann, Dianne Reeves (lead vocals)
   Ricky Peterson (arranger, all instruments)
   Keith Anderson (alto sax solo)
   Adam Kirk (guitar)
   Justin Johnson, Alan Abrahams (drum programming)
   
   
7. Billy Preston (Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer piano)
   John Robinson (drum & bass track)
   Tony Maiden, Paul Jackson Jr. (guitars)
   Abraham Laboriel (bass)
   Alan Abrahams, Justin Johnson (add. drum programming)
   Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap (background vocals)
   The Victory Horns:
   Keith Anderson (tenor sax, alto solo)
   Tom Saviano (alto sax)
   Bill Churchville (trumpet)
   
   
8. From an original 1964 Pacific Jazz recording:
   Les McCann (piano)
   Herbie Lewis (bass)
   Ron Jefferson (drums)
   Overdubs recorded Nov. 2001:
   Les McCann, Bonnie Raitt (lead vocals)
   Billy Preston (Hammond B3 organ)
   Keith Anderson (saxes)
   
   
9. Bill Evans (sax solo)
   Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
   John Robinson (drums)
   Abraham Laboriel (bass)
   Paul Jackson Jr. (rhythm guitars)
   Paulinho da Costa (congas, percussion)
   Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler (background vocals)
   
   
10. Maceo Parker (alto sax solo)
    Dean Brown (rhythm guitars, solo)
    Ricky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ)
    John Robinson (drums)
    Marcus Miller (bass)
    Maxayn Lewis, Alan Abrahams, Margaret Fowler (background vocals)
    
    

Credits:

Alan Abrahams for Victory Productions (producer, arranger, mixer, liner notes)
Joachim Becker (executive producer)
Justin C. Johnson (engineering, protools)
Tom Corwin (engineer: Bonnie Raitt's vocal)
Marty Brumbach (engineer: Dianne Reeves' vocal)
Johannes Wohlieben (engineer: Maceo Parker's solo)
Tom Tucker (mix engineer)
James Harley (second engineer, protools engineer)
Greg Caibi (mastering)
Margaret Fowler, Justin C. Johnson, Pearl Bryan (production assistants)
Victor Ray, Esq. (representation)
Holger Keifel (photography)
Misty Easler (makeup)
Joachim Oster (cover concept, design)
Les McCann (liner notes)