McCANN, LESLIE COLEMAN (LES
). Jazz pianist ( in Lexington, Kentucky). As a child he sang with local groups and was influenced by music he heard in a Baptist church. Through his high-school years he sang with school glee clubs and other groups. During his service in the United States Navy he heard a performance by Erroll Garner in 1955 and decided to become a jazz pianist. After his discharge from the Navy, he attended the Westlake College of Music...