Invitation To Openness

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Invitation To Openness album cover
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ALBUM ONLY // EDITOR'S PICK

Total Tracks: 3   Total Length: 51:39

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A Blast From the Past

beelz

This was a tour de force for this all-star band that McCann assembled. The label this first came out on (Atlantic) was at the forefront of creative and innovative jazz that fell under the label of \"fusion.\" While fusion gets widely discredited, albums like this, with the amazing opus \"The Lovers\" give the genre a good name. \"The Lovers\" starts slowly, with harp notes then piano joining in and guitar following. After the bass starts, the traps kick in and at a leisurely 4:20, Yusef Lateef weaves his oboe over the funky-but-subtle backbeat. \"The Lovers\" is the showcase tune-nothing was omitted from this package to answer the question above-and the original side 2 of the LP were \"Beau J. Poo Boo\" & \"Poo Pye McGoochie,\" which will sound more familiar to long time fans of McCann's keyboard funk.

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Where's the title song???

gr8rgood1

Great music! I've been looking for Beaux J. Poo Boo since the mid-seventies. I heard it only once and did not get the name of the artist or the song at that time, However the melody stayed in my head over the years. It reminds me of Freddie Hubbard's "Suite Sioux. Thanks for the memories! My only disappointment is, where is the title song??? Was it omitted intentionally or in error?

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They Say All Music Guide

Label M has reissued the classic 1972 Les McCann album Invitation to Openness on CD with the majority of the tunes receiving the benefit of advanced technology. On this recording, the 26-minute “The Lovers” is more illustrative, freer in its essence and translation of the predominant free love theme of the ’60s and ’70s. Every nuance of McCann’s stream of consciousness comes through loud and clear, as do the excellent solos by Yusef Lateef on a wide array of reeds, flutes, and percussion. David Spinozza’s electric guitar chops and Alphonse Mouzon’s drum and percussion feelings on McCann’s completely improvised composition are an auditory delight for fusion fans. McCann adds a couple of piano melody lines and a couple of basslines, but other than that this composition is freely improvised by the musicians. Two other compositions, “Beaux J. Poo Boo” and “Poo Pye McGoochie (And His Friends)” round out the set with both adding different sonorous characters and musical back stories. – Paula Edelstein

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