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Swiss Movement

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Released
  
1969

Length
  
39:06

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Atlantic

Venue
  
The Montreux Jazz Festival, June 21, 1969

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegün, Bob Emmer

Swiss Movement is a soul jazz 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. The album was a hit record, as was the accompanying single "Compared to What", with both selling millions of units.

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Reception and influence

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best jazz performance, small group. It reached No. 1 on Billboard's jazz album chart, No. 2 on the R&B chart, and No. 29 on the LP chart.

A Billboard writer commented in 2006 that "what put Montreux on the recorded-live-in-concert map was the legendary Swiss Movement album".

Track listing

  1. "Compared to What" - (Gene McDaniels)
  2. "Cold Duck Time" - (Eddie Harris)
  3. "Kathleen's Theme" - (Les McCann)
  4. "You Got It in Your Soulness" - (Les McCann)
  5. "The Generation Gap" - (Les McCann)
  6. "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

    Swiss Movement Wikipedia
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