# Swiss Movement > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Swiss_Movement > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Swiss_Movement.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Movement > Source revision: 1311511564 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Swiss Movement (disambiguation)](/source/Swiss_Movement_(disambiguation)). 1969 live album by Les McCann and Eddie Harris Swiss Movement Live album by Les McCann and Eddie Harris Released 1969 Recorded June 21, 1969 Venue Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland Genre Soul jazz Length 39:06 Label Atlantic Producer Nesuhi Ertegün, Bob Emmer Eddie Harris chronology High Voltage (1969) Swiss Movement (1969) Free Speech (1969) Les McCann chronology Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (1969) Comment (1969) ***Swiss Movement*** is a [soul jazz](/source/Soul_jazz)[1] [live album](/source/Live_album) recorded on June 21, 1969 at the [Montreux Jazz Festival](/source/Montreux_Jazz_Festival) in Switzerland by the [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann) trio, with saxophonist [Eddie Harris](/source/Eddie_Harris) and trumpeter [Benny Bailey](/source/Benny_Bailey).[2][3] The album was a [hit record](/source/Hit_record), as was the accompanying [single](/source/Single_(music)) "[Compared to What](/source/Compared_to_What)", with both selling millions of units.[1] ## Reception and influence Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [4] DownBeat [5] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [6] The album was nominated for a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) in the category of best jazz performance, small group.[7] It reached No. 1 on *Billboard'*s jazz album chart, No. 2 on the R&B chart,[8] and No. 29 on the LP chart.[9][10] [Harvey Pekar](/source/Harvey_Pekar), writing for [DownBeat](/source/DownBeat) in a contemporary review, panned the album as "cliche-ridden".[5] A *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))* writer commented in 2006 that "what put Montreux on the recorded-live-in-concert map was the legendary *Swiss Movement* album".[11] Writing in [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic), [Richie Unterberger](/source/Richie_Unterberger) calls *Swiss Movement* "one of the most popular soul jazz albums of all time, and one of the best."[4] The tapes of this impromptu concert were originally recorded by the festival's organisers and then passed on to Atlantic, who decided to release them after paying a fee of less than [$](/source/United_States_dollar)100.[12] McCann and Harris teamed up again for a follow-up recording, *[Second Movement](/source/Second_Movement)*, released in 1971.[13] ## Track listing 1. "[Compared to What](/source/Compared_to_What)" – ([Gene McDaniels](/source/Gene_McDaniels)): 8:41 1. "Cold Duck Time" – ([Eddie Harris](/source/Eddie_Harris)): 6:31 1. "Kathleen's Theme" – ([Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann)): 5:45 1. "You Got It in Your Soulness" – (Les McCann): 7:08 1. "The Generation Gap" – (Les McCann): 8:45 1. "Kaftan" – ([Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar)) – bonus track on the 1996 reissue [4] ## Personnel - [Eddie Harris](/source/Eddie_Harris) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone) - [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann) – [piano](/source/Piano), [vocals](/source/Singing) on "Compared to What" - [Benny Bailey](/source/Benny_Bailey) – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet) - [Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) – [bass](/source/Double_bass) - [Donald Dean](/source/Donald_Dean) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-carr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-carr_1-1) [Carr, Roy](/source/Roy_Carr) (2006) [1997], ["Soul to Soul"](https://archive.org/details/centuryofjazz0000carr/page/106), *A Century of Jazz: A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made*, London: Hamlyn, pp. [106–121](https://archive.org/details/centuryofjazz0000carr/page/106), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-681-03179-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-681-03179-4) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bbc_2-0)** ["BBC - Music - Review of Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w68c/). www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Eddie Harris Discography](http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography), accessed June 22, 2017 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-allmusic.com_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-allmusic.com_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-allmusic.com_4-2) ["Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/swiss-movement-mw0000054231). *AllMusic*. Retrieved October 5, 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-down_beat_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-down_beat_5-1) [Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat): February 19, 1970 vol. 37, no. 4. Review by [Harvey Pekar](/source/Harvey_Pekar). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RSJRG_6-0)** Swenson, J., ed. (1985). [*The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide*](https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen). USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. [96](https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/96). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-394-72643-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-72643-X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "'Swiss Movement' Grammy Nominee" (March 13, 1971) *Billboard*. p. 4. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** 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. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Billboard Top LP's". (February 28, 1970) *Billboard*. p. 70. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Whitburn, Joel (1991) "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums". Billboard Books. p. 119. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Ouellette, Dan (June 3, 2006) "On the Record". *Billboard*. p. 36. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["EH | the Official Website of Eddie Harris"](http://www.eddieharris.com/#about). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Edelstein, Paula. ["Second Movement"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/second-movement-mw0000102248). *AllMusic*. Retrieved January 16, 2023. ## External links - [Cold Duck Time (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_BjWP9Y-ps) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier)) v t e Les McCann Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted. Albums as leader or co-leader It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974) With others Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003) Soundtracks Soul To Soul (1971) v t e Eddie Harris Studio albums Exodus to Jazz (1961) Mighty Like a Rose (1961) Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) A Study in Jazz (1962) Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies (1962) Bossa Nova (1963) For Bird and Bags (1964) Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964) Here Comes the Judge (1964) Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1965) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1967) The Electrifying Eddie Harris (1968) Plug Me In (1968) Silver Cycles (1968) Free Speech (1969) Come On Down! (1970) Second Movement (1971) Instant Death (1971) Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (1972) Excursions (1973) E.H. in the U.K. (1974) Is It In (1974) I Need Some Money (1974) Bad Luck Is All I Have (1975) That Is Why You're Overweight (1975) The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t 1976 (1975) How Can You Live Like That? (1976) I'm Tired of Driving (1978) Playin' with Myself (1979) Sounds Incredible (1980) Steps Up (1981) The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (1982) Live albums High Voltage (1969) Swiss Movement (1969) Live at Newpoart (1970) Soundtrack albums Pourquoi L'Amérique (1968) Soul to Soul (1971) Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Swiss Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Movement) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Movement?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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