Another Beginning

Another Beginning
Another Beginning
Studio album by Les McCann
Released	1974
Recorded	May 20–24, 1974; The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:30
Label	Atlantic; SD 1666
Producer	Joel Dorn, Les McCann and Jack Shaw
Les McCann chronology

Another Beginning is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic gives the album 2 stars.^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated

"Maybe You'll Come Back" – 3:58
"The Song of Love" – 3:14
"When It's Over" (J. Mayer, B. Barnes, J. Lynn) – 10:28
"Somebody's Been Lying 'bout Me" – 3:32
"Go On and Cry" – 5:23
"My Soul Lies Deep" (Les McCann, Reverend B.) – 5:19
"The Morning Song" – 3:38
"Someday We'll Meet Again" – 6:58

Personnel[]

Les McCann – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, clavinet, vocals, arranger
Jon Faddis, Danny Moore, Joe Wilder – trumpet, flugelhorn
Garnett Brown, Kiane Zawadi – trombone
Bill Slapin – clarinet, saxophone
Seldon Powell, Harold Vick, Frank Wess – saxophone
Roy Gaines (tracks 1 & 2), Miroslaw Kudykowski (tracks 3–7) – guitar
Chuck Rainey (tracks 1 & 2), Jimmy Rowser (tracks 3–7) – electric bass
Harold Davis (tracks 3–7), Paul Humphrey (tracks 1 & 2) – drums
Buck Clarke – percussion
William Eaton – arranger
Sally Stevens, Marti McCall, Bob Esty, Jim Gilstrap, Carmen Bryant, Vennette Gloud, Sandy Merrill Smolen, Kathy Collier, Morgan Ames, Cissy Houston, Deidre Tuck, Rennelle Stafford, Norma Holmes, Tamiko Loving, Laurence Moore – background vocals
David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Paul Gershman, Selwart Clarke, Joe Malin, Matthew Raimondi, Sanford Allen, Harry Lookofsky, Max Ellen, Harry Cykman – violin
Al Brown, Julien Barber – violas
Kermit Moore, George Ricci – cello
Herb Bushler – bass

Uses in other media[]

"Go On And Cry" was sampled in the track "Flawless" from the Living Legends album, "Almost Famous". It was also sampled in "Runnin Wit No Breaks" by Warren G.

References[]

^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed March 22, 2016
^ Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 22, 2016
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Another Beginning – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

[1] Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed March 22, 2016

[2] Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 22, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Another Beginning – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket O' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974)
With others	Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)