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Layers is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.

Reception.
The Allmusic review byby Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated:””This groundbreaking jazz synthesizer record is really unlike any other Les McCann ever made. Aside from a three-man percussion section and electric bassist Jimmy Rowser, Layers is entirely electronic, one of the first jazz albums with such an emphasis. …this music is truly forward-looking and ahead of its time”.”

Track listing:
All compositions by Les McCann

“Sometimes I Cry” – 5:22
“Let’s Gather” – 1:13
“Anticipation” – 0:52
“The Dunbar High School Marching Band” – 6:07
“Soaring (At Dawn) Part I”- 5:54
“The Harlem Buck Dance Strut” – 5:55
“Interlude” – 0:33
“Before I Rest” – 3:43
“Let’s Play (’til Mom Calls)” – 4:26
“It Never Stopped in My Home Town” – 1:54
“Soaring (At Sunset) Part II” – 8:03

Personnel:
Les McCann – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, timpani
Jimmy Rowser – bass, electric bass, bells, percussion
Donald Dean – drums, bells, percussion
Buck Clarke – congas, drums, bongos, blocks, bells, percussion
Ralph MacDonald – congas, bells, percussion

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Released: 1973
Recorded: November 1972
Regent Sound Studios
Length: 44:02
Label: Atlantic
SD 1646
Producer: Joel Dorn