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Les McCann, legendary jazz pianist, innovator, and singer best known for his and saxophonist Eddie Harris' protest song "Compared to What," died at age 88.

The January crud is upon us all, and I’ve been battling it intermittently for the past two weeks, which makes it difficult to focus on any one topic for too long.

Les McCann, legendary jazz pianist, innovator, and singer best known for his and saxophonist Eddie Harris' protest song "Compared to What," died at age 88.

Les McCann, GRAMMY award-winning jazz pianist and icon, has died at age 88.

Jazz pioneer Les McCann, who was sampled by Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre and Warren G., has died aged 88.

Les McCann, the legendary jazz pianist who has been sampled countless times and is perhaps best known for the protest song “Compared to What,” died Friday at a Los Angeles area hospital, his manager confirmed. No cause of death was announced, although he had been hospitalized last week after contracting pneumonia; he was 88. The …

Les McCann, the veteran jazz pianist who has been sampled countless times and is best known for the protest song 'Compared to What,' has died.

Les McCann, a trailblazing jazz pianist and singer whose work was sampled by Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, has died at the age of 88.

Catching up with the phenomenal singer and songsmith about her first LP in more than a decade

Long considered one of the most powerful voices in roots and blues, going back as far as her Mother Earth days in the early seventies in a career that