Swiss Suite

Personnel: Oliver Nelson (alto saxophone); Na-Na (berimbau); Ozren Depolo, Jesper Thilo (alto saxophone); Bob Sydor, Michal Urbaniak (tenor saxophone); Steve Stevenson (baritone saxophone); Charles Tolliver (trumpet, flugelhorn); Rich Cole, Harry Beckett, Danny Moore, Bernt Steen (trumpet); John Thomas , Donald Beightol, C.J. Shibly, Bertil Strandberg, Monte Holtz, Buddy Baker (trombone); Jim Nissen (bass trombone); Stanley Cowell (piano); Bosko Petrovic, Pretty Purdie (drums); Sonny Morgan (congas).
Audio Mixer: Stephen Sulke.
Liner Note Author: Dean Rudland.
Recording information: Montreaux Jazz Festival (06/18/1971).
Photographers: Tom Hanley; Giuseppe Pino.
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