Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:45
Size: 102,9 MB
Art: Front

(26:51)  1. Swiss Suite
( 8:38)  2. Stolen Moments
( 3:15)  3. Black, Brown & Beautiful
( 5:59)  4. Blues & The Abstract Truth

Recorded at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, this big-band outing features a mostly all-star band and altoist Oliver Nelson (who wrote all of the arrangements and compositions) and trumpeter Danny Moore on remakes of "Stolen Moments," "Black, Brown & Beautiful" and "Blues and the Abstract Truth." However 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. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/swiss-suite-mw0000739505

Personnel:  Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor; Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn; Danny Moore, Richie Cole, Bernt Stean, Harry Beckett - trumpet; Buddy Baker, Bertil Strandberg, Donald Beightol, C.J. Shilby, Monte Holz, John Thomas - trombone; Jim Nissen - bass trombone; Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Jesper Thilo, Ozren Depolo - alto saxophone; Gato Barbieri, 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

Swiss Suite

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