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Les McCann, innovative jazz musician, dies at 88

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Jazz and soul pianist and singer Les McCann performs on stage during the opening of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Auditorium Stravinski on June 30, 2006, in Montreux, Switzerland. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source of sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip artists -hop, died. He was 88 years old. McCann died Friday in Los Angeles a week after being hospitalized with … Read more

Les McCann, innovative jazz musician, dies at 88

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Jazz and soul pianist and singer Les McCann performs on stage during the opening of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Auditorium Stravinski on June 30, 2006, in Montreux, Switzerland. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source of sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip artists -hop, died. He was 88 years old. McCann died Friday in Los Angeles a week after being hospitalized with … Read more