Invitation to Openness
by Les McCann
- Type: Album
- Released: 1972
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 52:45
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Alphonse Mouzon, Yusef Lateef, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A radical departure for the soul-jazz pianist, 'Invitation to Openness' is a deep, meditative, and largely improvised exploration of texture and mood. The album is dominated by the 26-minute title track, a slow-burning, atmospheric piece that is a cornerstone of spiritual and ambient jazz. It's a key document of the era's spiritual questing, a powerful and unique statement in McCann's discography.
Genres
Descriptors: fusion, soulful, funky, expansive, experimental
Tracklist
- The Lovers (13:00)
- Beaux J. Poo Boo (13:30)
- Poo Pye McGoochie (and His Friends) (26:15)
Credits
- Les McCann - primary artist, arranged by, conductor, liner notes, photography by [cover photo], piano, electric piano, synthesizer [moog synthesizer], written-by, photography
- Jimmy Rowser - bass
- Loring Eutemey - design [album design], design
- Buck Clarke - drums [african drums], percussion
- Alphonse Mouzon - drums, percussion
- Bernard Purdie - drums, percussion
- Donald Dean - drums, percussion
- William Salter - electric bass
- Cornell Dupree - electric guitar
- Jodie Christian - electric piano
- Fred Catero - engineer [re-mix engineer]
- Jimmy Douglass - engineer [recording engineer]
- David Spinozza - guitar, electric guitar
- Corky Hale - harp
- Joel Dorn - liner notes, producer
- Jonathan Melven - liner notes
- Ron Neal - liner notes
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion
- Giuseppe Pino - photography by [inside liner photo], photography
- Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, oboe, flute [flute, pneumatic flute], percussion [plum blossom], temple bells