Layers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | November 1972 Regent Sound Studios, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz-funk [1] | |||
Length | 44:02 | |||
Label |
Atlantic SD 1646 , 32 Groove | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
Les McCann chronology | ||||
|
Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label. [2] [3]
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
AllMusic gives the album 4½ stars, stating "This groundbreaking jazz synthesizer record is really unlike any other Les McCann ever made. Aside from a three-man percussion section and electric bassist Jimmy Rowser, Layers is entirely electronic, one of the first jazz albums with such an emphasis. ...this music is truly forward-looking and ahead of its time". [4]
The song "Sometimes I Cry" has been sampled in several other songs, most notably in Slick Rick's " Behind Bars" and its drum beat in Massive Attack's " Teardrop" and " Bullet Boy". [5]
All compositions by Les McCann
Layers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | November 1972 Regent Sound Studios, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz-funk [1] | |||
Length | 44:02 | |||
Label |
Atlantic SD 1646 , 32 Groove | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
Les McCann chronology | ||||
|
Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label. [2] [3]
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
AllMusic gives the album 4½ stars, stating "This groundbreaking jazz synthesizer record is really unlike any other Les McCann ever made. Aside from a three-man percussion section and electric bassist Jimmy Rowser, Layers is entirely electronic, one of the first jazz albums with such an emphasis. ...this music is truly forward-looking and ahead of its time". [4]
The song "Sometimes I Cry" has been sampled in several other songs, most notably in Slick Rick's " Behind Bars" and its drum beat in Massive Attack's " Teardrop" and " Bullet Boy". [5]
All compositions by Les McCann