Swiss Movement
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| Live album by Les McCann and Eddie Harris | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Venue | The Montreux Jazz Festival, June 21, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegün, Bob Emmer | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |   |
Swiss Movement is a soul jazzlive album recorded on June 21, 1969 at The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland by the Les McCann trio with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey. The album was a hit record, as was the accompanying single "Compared to What", with both selling millions of units.
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best jazz performance, small group. It reached No. 1 on Billboard's jazz album chart, No. 2 on the R&B chart, and No. 29 on the LP chart.
A Billboard writer commented in 2006 that "what put Montreux on the recorded-live-in-concert map was the legendary Swiss Movement album".
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 100 dollars.
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