Swiss Movement
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Swiss Movement is a soul jazz[1] live album recorded on June 21, 1969 at The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland by the Les McCann trio with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey.[2][3] The album was a hit record, as was the accompanying single "Compared to What", with both selling millions of units.[1]
Reception and influence
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [5] |
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best jazz performance, small group.[6] It reached No. 1 on Billboard's jazz album chart, No. 2 on the R&B chart,[7] and No. 29 on the LP chart.[8][9]
A Billboard writer commented in 2006 that "what put Montreux on the recorded-live-in-concert map was the legendary Swiss Movement album".[10]
The tapes of this impromptu concert were originally recorded by the festival's organisers and then passed on to Atlantic, who decided to release them after paying a fee of less than 100 dollars.[11]
Track listing
- "Compared to What" - (Gene McDaniels): 8:41
- "Cold Duck Time" - (Eddie Harris): 6:31
- "Kathleen's Theme" - (Les McCann): 5:45
- "You Got It in Your Soulness" - (Les McCann): 7:08
- "The Generation Gap" - (Les McCann): 8:45
- "Kaftan" - (Leroy Vinnegar) - bonus track on the 1996 reissue:
Personnel
- Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone
- Les McCann - piano, vocals on "Compared to What"
- Benny Bailey - trumpet
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Donald Dean - drums
References
- ^ a b Carr, Roy (2006) [1997], "Soul to Soul", A Century of Jazz: A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made, London: Hamlyn, pp. 106–121, ISBN 0-681-03179-4
- ^ "BBC - Music - Review of Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
- ^ "Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ "'Swiss Movement' Grammy Nominee" (March 13, 1971) Billboard. p. 4.
- ^ Goldmark, Daniel (2012) In "Slightly Left of Center": Atlantic Records and the Problems of Genre. In Ake, David Andrew; Garrett, Charles Hiroshi; Goldmark, Daniel "Jazz/Not Jazz: The Music and Its Boundaries". University of California Press. p. 165.
- ^ "Billboard Top LP's". (February 28, 1970) Billboard. p. 70.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1991) "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums". Billboard Books. p. 119.
- ^ Ouellette, Dan (June 3, 2006) "On the Record". Billboard. p. 36.
- ^ http://www.eddieharris.com/#about
- ^ "Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2018.