Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite (1971)

1.Swiss Suite 26:50
2.Stolen Moments 8:37
3.Black, Brown & Beautiful 3:35
4.Blues & The Abstract Truth 6:00.

Bass - Hugo Rasmussen,Victor Gaskin

Berimbau - Na-Na

Congas - Sonny Morgan

Drums - Pretty Purdie,Bosko Petrovic

Flugelhorn - Charles Tolliver

Piano - Stanley Cowell

Saxophone [Alto] - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (tracks: A) , Jesper Thilo , Oliver Nelson , Ozren Depolo

Saxophone [Baritone] - Steve Stevenson

Saxophone [Tenor] - Bob Sydor , Gato Barbieri (tracks: A) , Michał Urbaniak

Trombone - Bertil Strandberg , Buddy Baker (2) , C. J. Shilby , Donald Beightol , John Thomas (3) , Monte Holtz

Trombone [Bass] - Jim Nissen

Trumpet - Bernt Steen , Charles Tolliver , Danny Moore , Harry Beckett , Rich Cole

Vibraphone, Goblet Drum - Bosko Petrovic*

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 16th June, 1971.

by Scott Yanow
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.