Swiss Suite | |
Type: | live |
Artist: | Oliver Nelson |
Cover: | Swiss_Suite.jpg |
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 |
Chronology: | Oliver Nelson |
Prev Title: | Leon Thomas in Berlin |
Prev Year: | 1971 |
Next Title: | Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags |
Next Year: | 1974 |
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]
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.".
All compositions by Oliver Nelson