MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Eddie Harris - tenor sax
Les McCann - piano, vocals (compared to what)
Benny Bailey - trumpet
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Donald Dean - drums
compared to what - 8:41
cold duck time - 6:31
kathleen's theme - 5:45
you got it in your soulness - 7:08
generation gap - 8:45
Les McCann had already been playing his way through the clubs and record studios on the US west coast for ten years when his appearance on 21 June 1969 at the relatively new and jazz-soaked festival in Montreux on Lake Geneva changed all that
There, he celebrated his greatest musical success, his number one hit
Half ironically, but proudly in later concerts, when the piano stool could hardly bear him due to his size and weight, he stressed that "Swiss Movement" had supported him, his wife, children and grandchildren
"Compared To What" is a catchy melody that is heard on the radio, again and again, all around the world, today, tomorrow and the day after … It is unmistakable, still groovy, full of soul, humorous, stirring
And "Cold Duck Time" is no way inferior: Eddie (Eddie – who?) Harris blows for all he is worth
Everyone can hear that Benny Bailey was challenged by the unknown themes, but this maestro still managed to capture the audience’s ear and attention
"Swiss Movement" is, and will remain forever, a highlight among all the jazz LPs that have been recorded live and it shouldn’t be missing from any collector’s shelf
Along with Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert from 1938, Charlie Parker & Co.’s Massey Hall concert from 1953, and Ella Fitzgerald’s Berlin concert from 1960 – and very few others
RECORDING LIVE, June 22 1969 at Montreux Jazz Festival
ENGINEERING Pierre Grandjean
LABEL Atlantic
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2018
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Jazz / Post Bop / Soul Jazz
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
