Jazz On Stage - Les McCann Trio

Released:: Dec. 1, 1989 on Rhapsody Films # 8042 (VHS)
Reissued:: 2000 on Rhapsody Films # 8037 (VHS; Double Feature): L.A. All-Stars / Les McCann Trio
Note:: Color videotape of a half-hour show from a television series (Jazz On Stage), filmed in 1970 at Shelly's Manne-Hole club in Los Angeles. The reissue is combined with another half-hour show from the same era, starring an all-star group led by Hampton Hawes (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss, Leroy Vinnegar, Bobby Thompson) and featuring vocals by bluesman Big Joe Turner [not described here]. The following details were obtained from the reissue videocassette.
Track List:: Opening Credits - 0:30
1. Right On (Les McCann?) - 6:55
2. Sunny (Bobby Hebb) - 7:45
3. With These Hands (Abner Silver/Benny Davis) - 7:20
4. Compared To What (Gene McDaniels) - 7:30
Total - 30:00
Recorded:: 1970 at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Musicians:: Les McCann (piano), (vocals: Tracks 3 & 4)
Jimmy Rowser (bass)
Donald Dean (drums)
Credits:: Jack Lewerke (producer, director)
Bob Kirstein (associate producer)
Eliot Tiegel (writer)
Will Zens (director of photography)
Bruce Kirby (sound)
Reissue Credits:: Bret Wood (package design)
Chuck Berg/JazzTimes (liner notes)