Les McCann, a trailblazing pianist and singer known for fusing strains of jazz, funk, and R&B and pioneering soul jazz, died on Friday at the age of 88. The cause of death has not been disclosed, but his manager Alan Abrahams told NBC News that the musician had died at …
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