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Released
  
1976

Artist
  
Eddie Harris

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
42:53

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
1975 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago

That Is Why You're Overweight (1975)
  
The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t (1975)

Eddie Harris albums
  
Instant Death, How Can You Live Like That?, Is It In, Bad Luck Is All I Have, Eddie Harris Sings the

Eddie harris that is why you re overweight


That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Eddie harris that is why you re overweight


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".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "It's All Right Now" - 3:56
  2. "Why Do You Hurt Me" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) - 4:19
  3. "Flowers" - 4:59
  4. "That Is Why You're Overweight" (Harris, Sara Harris, Yvonne Harris) - 7:25
  5. "Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" - 7:30
  6. "Live Again" (Ronald Muldrow) - 4:18
  7. "Ooh" - 2:49
  8. "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

    • Songs

    1It's All Right Now3:55
    2Why Do You Hurt Me4:15
    3Flowers4:58

    References

    That Is Why You're Overweight Wikipedia
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