That Is Why You're Overweight
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.[3]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated " Some of this stuff hits, some of it misses... all of it suggests that Harris' curiosity and impatience had him flailing around in search of a direction".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated
- "It's All Right Now" - 3:56
- "Why Do You Hurt Me" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) - 4:19
- "Flowers" - 4:59
- "That Is Why You're Overweight" (Harris, Sara Harris, Yvonne Harris) - 7:25
- "Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" - 7:30
- "Live Again" (Ronald Muldrow) - 4:18
- "Ooh" - 2:49
- "Exempt" - 7:37
Personnel
- Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, electric piano, vocals
- Ronald Muldrow - guitar, guitorgan vocals
- Bradley Bobo - bass, 6 string bass, vocals
- Paul Humphrey, Terry Thompson - drums
- Buck Clarke - bongos, percussion, tambourine
- Calvin Barnes - drums, percussion, vocals
- Marshall Thompson - percussion (track 5)
- Bob Ramey - rhythm synthesizer (track 1)
- Muhal Richard Abrams (track 5), Bobby Lyle (track 2) - electric piano
- Odell Brown - organ (track 5)
- Lou Gonzales, Joe Romano - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
- Burgess Gardner, Frank Gordon - trumpet (track 5)
- Steve Galloway (track 5), Al Hall Jr. (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Maurice Spears (tracks 2, 4 & 8) - trombone
- Delbert Hill - baritone saxophone, oboe, bassoon, tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
- Willie Henderson - baritone saxophone (track 5)
- Edmund Lee Bauer, Sol Bobrov, E. Zlatoff Mirsky - violin (track 5)
- Bruce K. Hayden, Harold H. Kupper - viola (track 5)
- Karl B. Fruh - cello (track 5)
- Vivian Harrell, Marilyn Haywood, Mary Ann Stewart, Stephana Loeb, Karen Patterson, Nancy Shanks - vocals
- Gerald Lee - arranger
References
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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