Layers (Les McCann album)
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| Layers | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.[2][3]
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| 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]