Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann 1960-1980
by: McCann Les / Abrahams, Alan Thomas Pat (Editors)

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 200 pages. Throughout Les McCann's incredible jazz career, he took hundreds of photos at clubs, studios, and festivals around the world and documented the vibrant cultural life of jazz and soul between 1960 and 1980. These photos include a very young Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sammy Davis Jr., John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Richard Pryor, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, B.B. King, Errol Garner, Stanley Clarke, Bill Evans, Lionel Hampton, and many more. 200 pages with sampled works and photography index.