Swiss Suite
1972 live album by Oliver Nelson
Swiss Suite | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Live album by Oliver Nelson | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | June 18, 1971 | |||
Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 44:49 | |||
Label | Flying Dutchman FD 10149 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
Oliver Nelson chronology | ||||
|
Swiss Suite is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band with soloists Gato Barbieri (tenor sax) and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (alto sax). The album was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]
Reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "it is the nearly 27-minute "Swiss Suite" that dominates this album and although tenorman Gato Barbieri has a couple of raging solos, it is a five-minute segment when guest altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson plays the blues that is most memorable. Vinson's classic spot alone is worth the price of this hard-to-find LP.".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Nelson
- "Swiss Suite" - 26:53
- "Stolen Moments" - 8:38
- "Black, Brown and Beautiful" - 3:15
- "Blues and the Abstract Truth" - 6:03
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Danny Moore, Rich Cole, Bernt Stean, Harry Beckett - trumpet
- Buddy Baker, Bertil Strandberg, Donald Beightol, C.J. Shibley, Monte Holz, John Thomas - trombone
- Jim Nissen - bass trombone
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (track 1), Jesper Thilo, Ozren Depolo - alto saxophone
- Gato Barbieri (track 1), Michael Urbaniak, Bob Sydor - tenor saxophone
- Steve Stevenson - baritone saxophone
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Victor Gaskin, Hugo Rasmussen - bass
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Bosko Petrovic - drums, vibraphone, tarabooka
- Na Na - berimbau
- Sonny Morgan - congas
References
- v
- t
- e
- Meet Oliver Nelson (1959)
- Taking Care of Business (1960)
- Screamin' the Blues (1960)
- Nocturne (1961)
- Soul Battle (1960)
- Straight Ahead (1961)
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
- Afro/American Sketches (1962)
- Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
- Fantabulous (1964)
- More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964)
- Happenings ( 1966)
- Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
- Sound Pieces (1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
- The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
- Jazzhattan Suite (1967)
- The Spirit of '67 (1967)
- The Kennedy Dream (1967)
- Soulful Brass (1968)
- Black, Brown and Beautiful (1969)
- Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)
- Skull Session (1975)
- Stolen Moments (1975)
- Live from Los Angeles (1967)
- Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (1970)
- Leon Thomas in Berlin (1971)
- Swiss Suite (1972)