Comment (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Comment | type = Album | artist = [[Les McCann]] | cover = Comment_(album).jpg | alt = | released = 1970 | recorded = August 19–22 and October 22, 1969 | studio = [[Atlantic Studios]] and Regent Sound Studios, New York | venue = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 32:37 | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<br><small>SD 1547</small> | producer = [[Joel Dorn]] | chronology = [[Les McCann]] | prev_title = [[Swiss Movement]] | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = [[Second Movement]] | next_year = 1971 }}

'''''Comment''''' is an album by pianist/vocalist [[Les McCann]] recorded in 1969 and released on the [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1500-series/#sd-1547 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series] accessed March 8, 2016</ref><ref>Freed., R. [http://users.rcn.com/bobfreed/www/lesdisco/a29.html Les McCann Discography] accessed March 8, 2016</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} [[Allmusic]] gives the album 3 stars stating "The godfather of contemporary jazz-soul chills, changing the pace from his electrifying collaborations with [[Eddie Harris]] – ''[[Swiss Movement]]'' and ''[[Second Movement]]'' – that preceded and followed this mellow set of mostly love songs".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Andrew |last=Hamilton |class=album |id=mw0000011863 |title=''Comment'' – Review |accessdate=March 8, 2016}}</ref>

== Track listing == ''All compositions by Helen Lewis and Kay Lewis except as indicated'' # "How Many Broken Wings" – 3:30 # "Can't We Be Strangers Again" – 5:09 # "Unless It's You" (Morgan Ames, [[Johnny Mandel]]) – 5:01 # "What I Call Soul" – 4:11 # "Comment" (Yusuf Rahman, [[Charles Wright (musician)|Charles Wright]]) – 5:27 # "Baby, Baby" – 2:52 # "[[Yours Is My Heart Alone]]" ([[Franz Lehár]], [[Fritz Löhner-Beda]], [[Ludwig Herzer]]) – 6:27

== Personnel == *[[Les McCann]] – piano, [[electric piano]], vocals *[[Jimmy Owens (musician)|Jimmy Owens]], [[Joe Wilder]], [[Richard Williams (musician)|Richard Williams]] – trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 6) *[[Dick Griffin]], [[Benny Powell]] – [[trombone]] (tracks 2, 4 & 6) *[[Seldon Powell]] – [[soprano saxophone]], [[alto flute]] (track 3) *Richard Landry – [[baritone saxophone]] (tracks 2, 4 & 6) *[[Roberta Flack]] – vocals, piano (tracks 1 & 2) *[[Junior Mance]], (track 6), [[Richard Tee]] (track 4) – piano *[[Roland Hanna]] – [[harpsichord]] (track 3) *Margaret Ross – [[harp]] (track 3) *[[Billy Butler (guitarist)|Billy Butler]] – guitar (track 5) *[[Ron Carter]] – [[double bass|bass]] (tracks 1–3, 6 & 7), electric bass (tracks 4 & 5) *[[Billy Cobham]] (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7), [[Donald Dean]] (track 5) – drums *Unidentified vocal group conducted by [[Valerie Simpson]] (track 2) *William Fischer – [[arrangement]], director (tracks 1–3, 6 & 7) *Selwart Clarke – [[concertmaster]] (tracks 1, 3 & 7) *Clarence Cooper, Greer V. Brown, Barbara Brown, Diane Gabay, Dennis DeVitt, Denisia Frey, Paula Roberts, Francesca Michaelides, Loretta Ritter, Jamie Mulligan, Terre Nappi, Anna Barnes, Jane Fischer, Aeuie Draper, Gene McD, Susan McD, Patricia Mulligan – [[choir]] (track 7)

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[[Category:Les McCann albums]] [[Category:1970 albums]] [[Category:Atlantic Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Joel Dorn]]