- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLeslie Coleman McCann
- He took a few piano lessons as a child, and played drums and sousaphone in high school band. He worked at a local theater, helping musicians unload their equipment in return for tickets to the concerts. After high school, he joined the Navy and won a talent contest as a singer, leading to an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show". He didn't devote himself to playing piano until he was 20; one day in the post exchange, he heard a recording of pianist Erroll Garner playing "Lullaby of Birdland" and was enthralled.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpouseCharlotte (her death, 1 child)
- ParentsJames McCannAnna McCann
- He discovered singer Roberta Flack, singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub, and recommended her talents to Atlantic Records.
- Best known for his late 60s protest song 'Compared to What?'.
- Self-taught jazz pianist.
- Has also been noted as a top photographer and has worked with his wife as a teacher in Mexico.
- Parents are; James McCann, and Anna McCann.
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