Les McCann was already an established solo artist — a blues-forward jazz pianist in his 30s, with more than two dozen albums to his name — when he had a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux ...

Soulful jazz great Les McCann, whose work was sampled by hundreds of hip-hop artists including Notorious B.I.G. and Dr. Dre, died Friday in the Los Angeles area. He was 88. The musician, who released ...

Most people know pianist Les McCann from two classic albums taped at the beginning and end of the 1960s: “Stormy Monday” (1962) a hit collaboration with the singer Lou Rawls that firmly put both of ...

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of ...

Les McCann, a prominent musician and recording artist, passed away at the age of 88 in Los Angeles, a week after being hospitalized for pneumonia. McCann, a Lexington, Kentucky, native, was a ...

LOS ANGELES — Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and ...

Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday. The cause and manner of ...