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Mar 24, 2020 · 9.89K subscribers. Subscribed. 4.2K. 244K views 4 years ago. On June 21, 1969, Eddie Harris & Les McCann performed his song "Compared To What" at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Casino...
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Jan 28, 2012 · From the album SWISS MOVEMENT - 1971
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Swiss Movement is a soul jazz live 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.
May 4, 2016 · Subscribed. 6.2K. 588K views 8 years ago. Eddie Harris and Les McCann perform "Cold Duck Time" live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1969. ...more.
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Jan 1, 2024 · Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday. The cause and...
It was recorded by Roberta Flack in February 1969 for her debut album First Take, but became better known following a performance by Les McCann (piano and vocals) and Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone) at the Montreux Jazz Festival in June of that year.
The main part of McCann's career began in the early 1960s, when he recorded as a pianist with his trio for Pacific Jazz. [8] In 1969, Atlantic released Swiss Movement, an album recorded with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey earlier at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival. [9]