Swiss Movement
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Swiss Movement is a live jazz album recorded on June 21, 1969 at The Montreux Jazz Festival
in Switzerland by the Les McCann
trio, Eddie Harris
, and Benny Bailey
.
The song "Compared to What" became a pop music hit.
Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
in Switzerland by the Les McCann
Les McCann
Les McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
trio, Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ...
, and Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey, born Ernest Harold Bailey , was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter.-Biography:...
.
The song "Compared to What" became a pop music hit.
Track listing
- "Compared to What" - (Gene McDanielsGene McDanielsGene McDaniels was an American singer and songwriter, who had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s.-Biography:...
) - "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 McCannLes McCannLes McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
: Piano, Vocals on "Compared to What" - Eddie HarrisEddie HarrisEddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ...
: Tenor Sax - Benny BaileyBenny BaileyBenny Bailey, born Ernest Harold Bailey , was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter.-Biography:...
: Trumpet - Leroy VinnegarLeroy VinnegarLeroy Vinnegar was an American jazz bassist.Born in Indianapolis, the self-taught Vinnegar established his reputation in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s. His trademark was the rhythmic "walking" bass line, a steady series of ascending or descending notes, and it brought him the nickname...
: Bass - Donald Dean: Drums