Swiss Suite
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Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | June 18, 1971 | |||
Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 44:49 | |||
Label | Flying Dutchman FD 10149 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Swiss Suite is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band with soloists Gato Barbieri (tenor sax) and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (alto sax). The album was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]
Reception
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "it is the nearly 27-minute "Swiss Suite" that dominates this album and although tenorman Gato Barbieri has a couple of raging solos, it is a five-minute segment when guest altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson plays the blues that is most memorable. Vinson's classic spot alone is worth the price of this hard-to-find LP.".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Nelson
- "Swiss Suite" - 26:53
- "Stolen Moments" - 8:38
- "Black, Brown and Beautiful" - 3:15
- "Blues and the Abstract Truth" - 6:03
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Danny Moore, Rich Cole, Bernt Stean, Harry Beckett - trumpet
- Buddy Baker, Bertil Strandberg, Donald Beightol, C.J. Shibley, Monte Holz, John Thomas - trombone
- Jim Nissen - bass trombone
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (track 1), Jesper Thilo, Ozren Depolo - alto saxophone
- Gato Barbieri (track 1), Michael Urbaniak, Bob Sydor - tenor saxophone
- Steve Stevenson - baritone saxophone
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Victor Gaskin, Hugo Rasmussen - bass
- Bernard Purdie- drums
- Bosko Petrovic - drums, vibraphone, tarabooka
- Na Na - berimbau
- Sonny Morgan - congas
References
- ^ Payne, D., Oliver Nelson discography accessed February 8, 2016
- ^ Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed February 8, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swiss Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.