Eddie Harris & Les McCann - Compared To What (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1969)

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On June 21, 1969, Eddie Harris & Les McCann performed his song "Compared To What" at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Casino Karsuul in Switzerland.
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More than 5,000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both in audio and video since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967, by the visionary Claude Nobs.
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@SunnnyDay 6 месяцев назад

I'm coming here to pay my deepest respect. Rest In Peace, Les McCann !

@C0wboyzfan4life 6 месяцев назад

Same

@hivicar 6 месяцев назад

Saw his band at Paul's Mall in Boston in '73. Good stuff! I remember well known Red Sox players were there, particularly new FA Orlando Cepeda, well on his way to the HOF.

@corbin9501 4 месяца назад

Wasn't this brother from Kentucky?

@DavidScotttennis 6 месяцев назад

I bought this album in 1970 - helped get me through college - if you aren't moving during this, you are dead

@tomgardner8825 4 месяца назад

i too bought this in 1970 while in college. i nom have it on cd

@mwdonohoo 3 месяца назад

Same here..UW-Madison '71-'75. Nothing better and sounds just as great in 2024

@oh13voter Месяц назад

A definite go to when I was in college too

@Linkmeister518 6 месяцев назад

Rest in Peace, Mr McCann, dead at 88. This masterpiece will live on for a long time to come.

@raymurphy7746 Месяц назад

Best jazz man to come out of Kentucky! We lost a number of great ones last year. Ahmad Jamal, Jeff Beck are always in my regular rotation.

@jplew138 2 месяца назад

This ought to be the national anthem.

@nealmont Месяц назад

This was the national anthem in DC in the 70's. All the hippie stations played it regularly. I was so happy to find out it had been filmed. Didn't know 'til many decades later.

@ReaA-nn2jx Месяц назад

It always has been ♡

@jg1828 8 дней назад

America the beautiful should be.

@EddieHarrisJazz 6 месяцев назад

Les McCann , rest in power

@blainesnow1476 6 месяцев назад

RIP Les McCann - such a storied career but if he had done nothing else but this one performance, he’d be remembered for eternity. Best groove on the planet. Even after 50 years, it never gets old.

@j.j.2491 4 месяца назад

Amen.

@ronaldstokes4841 Год назад

This was an anthem of ours in Nam in 1970. Everything was, 'Compared to What?"

@helenrigmaiden6375 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your service. ✌🏽❣️

@ronaldstokes4841 6 месяцев назад

THANK YOU for caring enuff to 'preciate my service... that's important. @@helenrigmaiden6375

@mauricewalker8419 4 года назад

Still smokin' after all of these years.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

Smoking? Still on fire.

@karencanova3736 6 месяцев назад

This!! Just unbelievable. It grabbed me 50 years ago and still has all the power. Rest in Peace, Les McCann. 😢💔 🕊️

@Lwyse96 6 месяцев назад

R.I.P. Les McCann (23 September 1935 - 29 December 2023). 👍

@jeffabernathy7053 6 месяцев назад

RIP, Les McCann. What a genius!

@MrBlackbass59 10 месяцев назад

These lyrics are a demand for personal freedom! I am so grateful to my parents for exposing me to this music at a young age.

@1mespud 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, LES McCANN for your life's contribution and doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. Your legacy is sealed. This version of "Compared to What" was part background soundtrack to a once younger version of myself and then some. In the meantime, I'll continue to keep the music playing.

@georgekrpan3181 6 месяцев назад

Loved that song as a 16 year old in 1969. RIP Les McCann.

@krismartinez9038 6 месяцев назад

Rest in Power Mr. McCann.

@fdog2304 6 месяцев назад

Sounds better every time I hear it. (And now I can watch it too.) RIP Eddie, Les, Benny Bailey, Leroy Vinnegar. Hang in there Donald Dean…

@corbin9501 4 месяца назад

Was Bro Les from Lexington, Kentucky?

@metroscenetv7194 2 месяца назад

@@corbin9501 yes he was

@BlueSky... 6 месяцев назад

That opening minute of piano is the most impressive solo I've ever heard. Les tells a whole story through those keys.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

Amen.

@gnarlton7084 6 месяцев назад

RIP, Les... man this is one of the most hard grooving tunes you will ever hear!

@j.j.2491 4 месяца назад

One of? The Best.

@eugeneflynn7435 6 месяцев назад

RIP Les McCann. This is a top 10 song on the soundtrack of my life. Les & Eddie were geniuses on display in this clip.

@j.j.2491 4 месяца назад

Amen, brother.

@C0wboyzfan4life 6 месяцев назад

After heard his passing I'm here to hear his hits

@MickyTubbs1985 Месяц назад

This gem by the dual was relevant and consequential in 1969 and remains so today, as it is apropos and applicable to virtually the same damn situations in this here country as it was back then.

@user-fu5ln5it7o 11 месяцев назад

The horn player dude has the most genuine smile he knows it’s a hit

@JamesFolkers 2 месяца назад

Eddie Harris! Another master…

@Babygirl61868 4 месяца назад

I first heard this in high school. What a masterpiece.❤

@gregmcintyre9936 6 месяцев назад

Still have the original Swiss Movement album!! Rest In Peace Les

@jorymil 2 месяца назад

I love how Les kicks it up, Donald Dean switches to the snare, and in comes the hum. And this is probably my #1 cowbell song.

@bridgetlussier8272 6 месяцев назад

RIP Mr. Les McCann! This was our "closing song" (aka get out, pretty please!) at a restaurant where I worked in college, and ever since it's been my get up and get down to business song, love it so much!

@j.j.2491 4 месяца назад

Well said.

@angelo2629 3 месяца назад

So cool. I would be dancing on the way out

@cwtcwt6915 4 месяца назад

I'm 65yrs old. MY big sister turn me on to Bill Withers, Canonball Adelerly, Les McCann&Eddie Harris. and others. Thx you Sis

@timothyhaney6705 Год назад

I probably listen to this song at least once a day. Had the CD for many years. Song never gets old and is still relevant today. Awesome Song!

@MegaSmitty51 Год назад

The relevance today is remarkable. He mentions a couple of political points in his lyrics that are in today's news.

@nadezhdaz9040 11 месяцев назад

i listen to it every day too ❤

@angelo2629 11 месяцев назад

You have excellent taste in music. Been listening to Brian augers version but original is just so cool.

@ronaldstokes4841 6 месяцев назад

um... we're old now. TURN IT DOWN! LOL

@laurence8209 6 месяцев назад

Never too old to listen and learn!

@OttoPaert 6 месяцев назад

Iconic. I get chills. R.I.P. L.M.

@raiseeveryvoice 6 месяцев назад

Freakin eddie Harris! Lawd have mercy!

@VILJL 6 месяцев назад

Les McCann died on December 29, 2023 at a hospital in Los Angeles, at the age of 88. He was an American jazz pianist and vocalist who helped shape the “soul jazz” style of the 1960s with his earthy piano playing and singing and whose live recording of the antiwar anthem “Compared to What” became a musical touchstone of the era. His music has been widely sampled in hip hop. McCann gained his greatest acclaim in 1969 with his performance of “Compared to What,” a politically charged protest song written by Gene McDaniels that became a rhythm-and-blues hit at the height of the Vietnam War.

@mariaborbon8421 12 дней назад

Twin Flames Tucson 1970's : packed house world class jazz Eddie Harris and Les McCann

@jayherzog7683 5 месяцев назад

One of the greatest performances in jazz history. Thank you Les for your most significant contribution to our music.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

Amen

@kennyschachat 5 месяцев назад

So grateful for all that Les gave us. This performance is a stone cold/red hot/funky jazz masterpiece! The lyrics haven't lost one bit of their relevance since 1969. If you can't get your groove on to this...

@j.j.2491 4 месяца назад

Gained relevance since the US supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade. Unwed mothers need abortions.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

You are dead.

@raygist4583 4 месяца назад

I was hipped to the cut when 8yrs old. 1968ish , older neighbor friend, blasting volume causing his mom to yell out at us. 😅

@romanrandolph 2 года назад

Les McCann. Ahead of his time 40 years . Beautiful Lyrics, relevant to today. And Eddie Harris 🎷

@japarlneniomuhammad6152 2 года назад

Amen

@jazzwarrior7206 Год назад

Lyrics & music by the great songwriter Eugene McDaniels, written especially for Les to perform.

@tinapremec5923 Год назад

@@jazzwarrior7206 It was recorded by Roberta Flack in February 1969 for her debut album First Take, but became better known following a performance by Les McCann (piano and vocals) and Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone) at the Montreux Jazz Festival in June of that year.

@EddieHarrisJazz 6 месяцев назад

you are correct! @@tinapremec5923

@angelo2629 3 месяца назад

You said it all brother. Dudes were bad to the bone.

@sueh3709 Год назад

A gem I’ve been listening to for over 50 years. It never gets old.

@clydelagory7930 6 месяцев назад

I was in my very early 20's when a much older friend of mine set me hip to this song. I was listening to a little bit of everything and he said he saw in me a bit of himself then he played this for me. I was absolutely blown away and still am. Fast forward 20yrs and my 16yr old son is showing me some newer songs he likes and I knew he would love this. He's listened to it every day since then. Makes me proud!

@dugoodsspotlights428 2 года назад

The tone in that time was do anything we could to come together and fight racism, injustice, segregation, if it was through music, movie, through theater, we was all on it and everybody was in their own little sector you know, doing what they did to make a statement... the song was killing it.

@youallium9 Год назад

Amen to that & PLEASE, we need this NOW

@frankpiotrowski1070 Год назад

I was born in Chicago in 1955. 4 older brothers schooled me with intoxicating Music of the era.

@angelo2629 10 месяцев назад

The intro is smoking hot and the song just becomes a rhythm so tight it became an instant jazz classic. The composition is tight, funky, and relevant-everything you want in a great listening experience. Bravo

@ronaldstokes4841 6 месяцев назад

I am a jazz and rock lover. It was so cool when this crossed over to the top 100 on AM radio.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

Great summary review

@gordondills2773 2 года назад

I have listened to this video hundreds of times I think, and I just keep loven it! These guys are just burnin down the house!

@cleogus816 Год назад

On December 4, 1971 this house did burn down from a firework launched within the hall during Frank Zappa's set. It's all in Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" cut. There is a taped record of the event and you can hear Frank directing people to safety. All of his equipment was consumed in the fire and he had to get amps and speakers immediately to continue with his European tour. Look to the Zappateers for the concert recording.

@cleogus816 Год назад

And as an aside, did you catch Les conducting the band with his keys and his eyes? Super!

@jamestain7989 Год назад

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@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out 8 месяцев назад

yes, but when he said "come on Bailey now 3:29" Eddie wouldn't give up his chorus. funny stuff. "you got to wait til the next one Bailey. I think this might be a hit I need to get mine in... for the "record....."@@cleogus816

@nyronut 6 месяцев назад

rip.......Les McCann

@LeadersEatLast 7 дней назад

G*t-Dammit! - This Is Timeless! - Thank You Les!🙏🏽

@820Radio 11 месяцев назад

I wonder if audience members knew, at the time, how special this performance would become for decades.

@LandieStrong-hx3iu 8 месяцев назад

I CAN LISTEN T O THIS CUT FOREVER AND A DAY THAT is.MY TESTIMONY

@alanmishael5013 6 месяцев назад

Take a number 😂❤

@erabawy 6 месяцев назад

Dear Les McCann R.I.P. Thank you for fantastic music and singing! ❤❤❤

@btinsley1 6 месяцев назад

rest in peace maestro. thanks to mom for playing this in the 70s when i was a teen & developing my own musical taste. this is so cynical, hilarious and jazzed for the ages.

@douglasgray1648 Год назад

That was so cool watching Benny Bailey play the trumpet

@CarmenGonzalez0 6 месяцев назад

Rest in peace, Mr. McCann

@louiseelder6077 6 месяцев назад

So good… sad loss .. I’m now a fan.. 🙏❤️🎶

@wilsonbellman7164 4 месяца назад

An ageless classic. I bought it at a live concert in Toronto 1969.

@cheojones4058 6 месяцев назад

R.I.P Les!! Goddammitt!! Gotta make it real compared to what!!!

@coottrammell3829 Год назад

One of the great live performances of anything, ever!

@AngeloG07 Год назад

I agree totally . The real deal.

@j.j.2491 3 месяца назад

Maybe the greatest ever

@kevind7422 6 месяцев назад

Old enough to remember that we still a not quite perfect union yet. Gloves off. Sting like a bee. Prevail or fail. Same fight whole life. Still got breath in 2024. Bring it, baby. Dare all y'all.

@michaellotson2098 5 месяцев назад

1969 just graduated high school Eddie Harris was the man I wore out the album in a couple of years love those guys

@kiefferz5556 Год назад

My all-time favorite soul jazz pianist

@user-sb8hj3cb9i 4 месяца назад

All I can get to come out of my mouth is WOW!..shines like the Sun...

@pederlong1784 4 месяца назад

It doesn’t get any better than this

@Walker-ld3dn 5 дней назад

One of my all time favorites in any - and all - genres. Genius is an understatement.

@Linda-zf8vs 6 месяцев назад

In early '70s I was fortunate to see them at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit. I got goosebumps then and get them now from the profound lyrics. Sorry to say I'm still angry about the same inhumanities.

@ericrobinson1789 2 года назад

Awesome music here. 🎶 Les playing the heck outta that piano. And Eddie was just himself on the sax. Some bad dudes here!

@brendalane9221 6 месяцев назад

That song….powerful! Rest in power Les….I was a mere 11 year old tyke when I saw you in concert in Lambertville NJ.

@randyprice3431 3 месяца назад

The man the musician the Best Les made this world a better place with his music rest in peace!!!

@raymondst.pierre4372 Год назад

I bought this album twice because I wore the first one out.

@vlmcgee5017 6 месяцев назад

Rest in Paradise Baba Les McCann❤

@LeaLove-xl3ky 6 месяцев назад

This song says it all! I met him(1972) one time when I used to go to Concerts by the Sea in Redondo Beach/Ca. His music memorized me to my core. Really Nice guy and full of great energy. I saw him a few times at CBTS and really got hooked on his vibe. I’ve listened to his music for over 50yrs. It Brings back some awesome memories. Was so sad when I saw he passed on Dec 29,2023. There will NEVER be another human being like him. Thank you Les for sharing your vibe. REST IN PARADISE❤️

@4hunnid5thecentralspot10 6 месяцев назад

80s baby, so u know that this way b4 my time, but judging by the way that I listening this, u know immediately that age doesn't have nothing to do with my love for music. This song and performance touches my soul EVERY TIME THAT I TURN IT ON. I LOVE IT!!!!! SO IN TUNE WITH WORLDLY AFFAIRS THAT IT'S RELATABLE TO THE BS WE GO THROUGH TIL THIS DAY. I CAN'T HELP, THIS IS ADDICTIVE MUSIC RIGHT HERE. BRO TOOK IT 2 CHURCH, AND THEN CAME RIGHT BACK OUT INTO THE STREETS BY THE TIME OF THE END OF THE CHORUS HITS!!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT I CALL A MASTERPIECE!!!!! THANKS 4 THIS UPLOAD, CAN'T GET ENOUGH

@tobor58 6 месяцев назад

Rest In Power Les!

@ericparker1346 6 дней назад

Donald Dean!!! love his expression watching/listening to Eddie Harris They all the roof off this Montreux concert! Including Les's rhythmic amazing singing!! Was honored to play there with Joe Cocker 1987!

@earlsimpson3393 Год назад

Owned this album for decades and just recently found out that the recording was taped live! Maaaaaan……. SEEING these guys perform as well as hearing them perform adds a complete new dimension to the experience!!!

@isaacshaw416 8 месяцев назад

This has to be one of the greatest songs ever

@SecurityFeeds 8 месяцев назад

Benny Bailey (trumpet), Leroy Vinegar (percussion) - you've got it in your soulness Les/Eddie

@laurentozzi3644 5 месяцев назад

Time less song. One of the best songs EVER!!! - Les McCann, one of THE greatest!!! His music and legacy of jazz music and lyrics will live on and one and on. Rest in powerful Peace sir. Sincerest condolences to your family.

@janedow1319 4 месяца назад

Dayem, Stalwarts!!! This is the kind of music that just penetrates throughout your body. I saw Les at the Jazz Embers in Washington, DC in 1973. My era had it all. No doubt about it.

@cowbaby 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic Love Les McCann All Star RIP

@peterb.3288 6 месяцев назад

Ganz Groß. Herrlich. Danke für die Musik. Rest in Peace Les McCann.

@Tubulous123 6 месяцев назад

Yes!!! Thank you!!! 1Nation4Life (y)

@lovetthines2482 6 месяцев назад

Les was a soulful genius who could touch our hearts instrumentally or vocally. His musical gifts to us will live on forever.

@bradstephan7886 6 месяцев назад

Happy to have first listened and loved this album in 1970. It doesn't get any better than this. Thanks, Vicki!

@phillipwarner6150 5 месяцев назад

I love this song.

@georgebelocas3230 Год назад

The best, no contest.

@judithsilver7852 6 месяцев назад

A great for all times. A gift to our world! Rest in Power - and know you have made such a superb contribution with your talent and your message. One Love

@USIU-3USIU 9 дней назад

My father's favorite road song since it came out on 8 Track. My introduction to Les and Eddie circa 1969. From home to the road, Love It

@barbaraethompson4845 22 дня назад

Compared To What??? " So Old School"!!

@janicechapman7580 9 месяцев назад

I love this song. Gives me goosebumps. So beautiful.

@angelo2629 7 месяцев назад

I would say this isn't just great jazz it's a beautiful, joyous feeling that defies description. Incredible!

@khadijaboyd6200 7 месяцев назад

In these trying times, in a house in disarray, check out Randy Newman 's Rednecks. 😎😄

@comparedtowhat2549 Год назад

Maybe one has to be of a certain age to hear Les McCann starting this out with a verse from "The age of Aquarius", "When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars.".

@nehemiahmm 6 месяцев назад

Rest in peace.

@thedfferencetab1977 6 месяцев назад

rest in power legend 🫶🏽 les

@fretfix1 6 месяцев назад

RIP Les McCann! Got to see these 2 play in Tallahassee in the early 80's. Still one of my all-time favorite shows!!

@postatility9703 6 месяцев назад

The first jazz album I can recall was "The Truth" by Les McCann ltd..This opened the doors for me to an incredible world of great music.Thank you and RIP,Les McCann.

@lesterhinton 6 месяцев назад

WHEN THIS RECORDING WAS RELEASED THERE WAS A LOT OF SHIT GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, HOT TIMES!!!❤

@user-oo9sd7ql7s 11 месяцев назад

Best Jazz Performance ever!!!

@EricLikness 28 дней назад

I want to to thank Spotify Discover Weekly list for leading me here to these wonderful joyous sounds. And those smokin' lyrics,.... Compared to What?!

@user-nn2il8gj4i 5 месяцев назад

So much talent on one stage!

@fredsstuff1498 28 дней назад

Memories…. All good…My Dad, his 6:56 JBL “Hi-Fi “stereo with BOSE speakers, and a bottle of Scotch 🥃!! TYJ👍🏽🙏🏽😎

@BG-pd6os Год назад

TIMELESS!

@kymlawrencemonroe5244 22 дня назад

🤩🤩🤩🤩 One of my favorite songs!!!!!

@ernestwoodson7010 2 месяца назад

This is my wake up song now I’m ready for the world ..bring it!!!!

@imbees2 2 года назад

When jazz was jazz. Or when people recognized jazz.

@larrylinn8589 2 года назад

According to Duke Ellington, “There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.”