Swiss Suite in Bloomington, MN

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