Swiss Movement
For other uses, see Swiss Movement (disambiguation).
| Swiss Movement | |||||
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| Live album by Les McCann and Eddie Harris | |||||
| Released | 1969 | ||||
| Recorded | The Montreux Jazz Festival, June 21, 1969 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 39:06 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegün & Bob Emmer | ||||
| Eddie Harris chronology | |||||
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| Les McCann chronology | |||||
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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] The album was a hit record, as was the accompanying single "Compared to What", with both selling millions of units.[1]
Reception and influence
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |   [3] |
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best jazz performance, small group.[4] It reached No. 1 on Billboard's jazz album chart, No. 2 on the R&B chart,[5] and No. 29 on the LP chart.[6][7]
A Billboard writer commented in 2006 that "what put Montreux on the recorded-live-in-concert map was the legendary Swiss Movement album".[8]
Track listing
- "Compared to What" - (Gene McDaniels)
- "Cold Duck Time" - (Eddie Harris)
- "Kathleen's Theme" - (Les McCann)
- "You Got It in Your Soulness" - (Les McCann)
- "The Generation Gap" - (Les McCann)
- "Kaftan" - (Leroy Vinnegar) - bonus track on the 1996 reissue
Personnel
- Les McCann: piano, vocals on "Compared to What"
- Eddie Harris: tenor saxophone
- Benny Bailey: trumpet
- Leroy Vinnegar: bass
- Donald Dean: drums
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (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.
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