Richard "Groove" Holmes
Somethin' Special
featuring the compositions, arrangements
and piano of Les McCann

Released:

Mar. 11, 1997 on Pacific Jazz # CDP-7243-8-55452-2-1 (CD)

Reissue of:

Somethin' Special - Pacific Jazz, 1962 (LP)
plus one previously unissued track (*)
and one (non-Les McCann) bonus track (+) from the 1966 LP, Tell It Like It 'Tis

Track List:

1. Something Special (Les McCann) - 9:12
2. Black Groove (Les McCann) - 5:46
3. Me & Groove (Les McCann) - 3:11
4. Comin' Through The Apple (Les McCann) - 5:17
5. I Thought I Knew You (Les McCann) - 6:30
6. Carma (Les McCann) - 5:26
7. +Blow The Man Down (trad./arr. by Richard Holmes) - 5:41
8. *Satin Doll (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn/Johnny Mercer) - 6:01

Total - 47:07

*Track Note:

Track 8 was recorded at the Mar. 1961 session that produced the LP, Groove.

Reissue Credits:

Michael Cuscuna (producer, liner notes)
Ron McMaster (mastering)
Bau-Da Design Lab (package redesign)