I learned to play saxophone from the passage at 7:00. Also learned about life in the USA. Been hearing this since early '72. Never knew there was video!
Still such contemporary lyrics. These guys had incredible talent.
I first heard this song playing in a record store in Harvard Square (MA) in 1972 and immediately bought the record. It was on Atlantic Records under their classice green and red record label.
@take942 27 years old and the first time I heard it was probably in my brother's van a few years back, which is always awesome, but, gotta say, I'm so jealous of your first time hearing it!
Tell Jamie Foxx that it's all been done before. Les not only did most of his musical game, but did it with a real context-true motivation, a sprinkle of courage within.
@sling3shot IMHO the lyrics & the music are timeless, the lyrics are just as relevant if not more so today. I saw Les McCann perform twice in Detroit around 1974/1975 at Bakers Keyboard Lounge & he was amazing. Bakers is a small place & I remember the first time we went we paid $10 and stayed for both sets however the 2nd time we went we paid $10 but if you wanted to see the 2nd set you had to pay another $10, of course we forked over another $10 for the 2nd set.
I love this so much. I have to hear it every so often, but I like watching everyone. Benny Bailey seems to know they're all in the zone by the look on his face. I am following Les McCann on Twitter, and one of his tweets says, "Sock it to me." Haha. I thought that was pretty cool.
Groovin' seriously hard. This is an album everyone should own or hand to the friend that says they don't like jazz to prove them nothing short of wrong.
i wanna see fuck heads like kanya west or lil penis (i meant wayne) try just try and have the balls to come up with something this touching and political. they won't cause of master computer big brother regulator fake ass americas (got) talent shit face nation of prozac gobblin limp dicked mascots of global greed
While these idiots in this country were trying to destroy and hold people down, i.e. bull connor, george wallace and their mindless minions, these people were in Switzerland creating this MASTERPIECE!
@militarytrumpet His name was Benny Bailey. Here is what it says on the back of the album cover (just the part with Benny in it) "The great American trumpet player, Benny Bailey, who has been living in Europe for several years, was also at Montreux, and he was asked by Eddie and Les to join them in the impromptu jazz concert which can be heard on this album."
HEARS THE KICKER,BABY! THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER IN MINUTES. THEY NEVER PLAYED WITH EACH OTHER IN A GROUP BEFORE. in my eyes and ears 1 of JAZZ (if not the GREATEST) LIVE JAM SESSIONS EVER! "COMPARED TO WHAT" 40+ years later is still saying "GOD DAMMIT". think about it!
Great song!!! R.I.P. to Gene McDaniels, the songwriter of this song who passed away today (7/29/11). Yes, he is the same person who sung "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" back in 1961.
@cutelittlecaramelkid A dj on wfmu said his mother wouldnt let him buy 100 lbs of clay because dorothy killgalen said it was sacreligeous then dorothy killgalen died of drugs and alcohol like maryln monroe
More cowbell.. No, honestly, where are Les' older recordings? Like 1960 where he plays in trio in san francisco with Leroy Vinnegar on bass, tunes like: "Big John" Les was playing his ass off back then..
@FunkMan53 those are the les mcann ltd. ones you dont see around anymore there was an article in esquire magazazine which of theses guys is a black panther with les in the picture it was some kind of put on he wasnt in the black panthers john mehegan had 3 series of jazz piano books one he gets into how to play funky chord patterns in the style of les mcann
@FunkMan53 in earlier volumnes mehegan has you playing more complex chords in the left hand with 9th 11th and 13th aproximating the sound of a big band in later volumnes you learn modal harmonies of herbie hancock and bill evans mehegan makes grandiose verbal statements like the diatonic system has been exahusted by stan kenton
@FunkMan53 this was in the real book but just the melody and chord symbols if you want to get les mccans locked hand chord voicings you will have to figure them out by ear
the bells from 7 st bless yall heart every saturday yall played this and other days but i was like nine ten yall taught me to appreiate good music like this i love this
Happy Birthday 70th Birthday Pops (RIP) ! He'd wake up the 'hood at least one Saturday out of the month with "Swiss Movement" . He always said "This is the shit, and if you don't like this album, you aint got no godamn soul in you, period ! " (LMAO)
One of the greatest jazz pieces of all time--I have played this on vinyl and CD again and again. What a tremendous gift to see this video! My thanks to you for posting it!
Great tune from a great concert. Thanks for posting this on YouTube. "Swiss Movement" was my first Jazz album and is still among my favorites. Any chance of posting "You Got it in Your Soulness"?
McCann's solo the camera man doesn't show his fingers and the key board. Is there any footage of one of the best solos showing him tickling the ivories?
Thanks so much for those peace of art, "Thats Jazz"in big words, was just improvisation and it becomes a master piece. I still can´t believe what the drumer does with the groove, I don't hear nothing like that in my life...thanks again
This is one of my favorite all time jazz songs. I've know it for about 30 years. I always new it was recorded live but just found out it was videotaped as well! This song has everything. Great vocals, piano playing, sax solos, groove, intelligent lyrics and melody. Can't ask for more than that in jazz.
Favorite version, favorite song. First time I've seen the video! Been pushing this on friends since I first heard it in the late 90s when I was 16 or 17.
Gasowine prices have hit: $4.15 [ reg].here in So, Cal .the phoney land of the Free and feeble/ Its 3/31/11 and they think its just Heaven , Foolish, aint they that "Think"?. Its all bout them/ Drive your Hummer this summer and it'll be a weeble. "Compared To What" ? Gas is .45 cents a Gal. In Saudi. How's them Peaches, Honey.. Go,Listen to "MONSTER"- By John Kay -Steppenwolf .An Anthem for a Lost Land."Native America has paid its Price" and Mother Nature is Returning. God,Bless Les Mcann...
Les Mcann and Eddie Harris and the best trumpet player I have ever seen, Benny Bailey what a cut. I saw them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 after Vietnam. What a rocking Jazz band. Benny Bailey steals the song wioth his solo on the trumpet. Listen closely and you'll hear it talk. Cleartwater.
Les Mcann and Eddie Harris and the best rtrumpet player I have ever seen, Benny Bailey what a cut. I saw them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 after Vietnam. What a rocking Jazz band. Benny Bailey steals the song wioth his solo on the trumpet. Listen closely and you'll hear it talk. Cleartwater.
Jazz masterpiece...Incredible song...timeless lyrics...and a line up stratospherically outstanding musicians...playing it live! no less...Compared to what!?! Les McCann and Eddie Harris...the ensemble... are in a class of their own...The best...So when are they going to release this on DVD?
Ya want to hear pure Genius? Les McCann & Eddie Harris Kathleen's Theme Doesn't get any better than these three pieces. Compared to what, Cold Duck Time and Kathleen's Theme!!!! BRILLIANT GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here we go people, "COMPARED TO WHAT" is the most social conscience songs. In 1969 as it is NOW IN 2011. Please dig it as much as U should HEAR THE GOSPEL. EASILY 1 OF GREATEST JAZZ/SERMONS of ALL TIMES. 1 of the coolest the hooks of this track.outside the slight "Linus and Lucy" ala monk kick in the beginning. how Mr.McCann uses the hip slang between each verse. WHAT LOST ART. this 1 track that never GETS OLD. I COULD LISTEN TO IT OVER AND OVER. U SHOULD AS WELL. go get the video,DVD PLEASE!
Wow wow wow thanks for posting this. Like others I had no idea this even existed. What an amazing trip to be able to watch these guys create such magic!!
It took a polished group of African American jazz musicians to teach the Swiss what timing is all about. I bought this album because it was the only LP in the jazz section of a small El Paso record shop in the early 70's.For days after I first heard it, CTW was all I could talk about. I felt like an evangelist. Everyone who would come over I made listen to it. I have never tired of it.
@montebanque : Yes, but give credit, it took the swiss and Europe in general to take the initiative to put on and film these concerts because the US media were and still are completely terrible at understanding this was history in the making.... witness the amount of recorded video of US artists on youtube from Europe in 60s and 70s.
Amazing. The sad thing is that if I hadn't heard Maya Rudolph sing this as part of a Saturday Night Live sketch, I would never have looked up the song.
My gosh. So much lost to history to so many people. This song and performance needs to be remembered.
i remember the first time i heard this, i was 15 and it opened the door to jazz for me... what a fantastic song and with meaning!! that album was my first jazz album !
Swiss Movement, one of my favorite albums - If I had a desert island list, this would likely be on it. This is probably the most upbeat/rocking cut on the album, but entire album is great. Excellent chemistry and I don't believe this was rehearsed prior to the set, though Leroy Vinnegar has frequently played bass with Les. They just found a groove and away it went.
Les McCann (piano, vocals); Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone); Benny Bailey (trumpet); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Donald Dean (drums).
Cmon people, I've liked the McCann/Harris thing since the early 70's when I first heard it and about wore out the album, and yes it's great. But that Legend with the Roots band live thing is really good too--not much comparison except for the same song. Such different treatments, types of band, etc. Enjoy them both!
This is the real deal. Les McCann and company. Groove that is thick. Eddie Harris making me believe! Trumpet man? I know his style, but can't place him. Awesome!
IIRC, that's Leroy Vinegar, and it"s still an absolute blast to hear him--hell, it's an absolute blast to hear all of them. I've still got the vinyl of this somewhere, though only God knows its exact location. Try "Cold Duck Time" from "Swiss Movement" for more Vinegar. Hope this helps--Ralph
Well, upon further research, it looks like I was completely wrong about the man playing the trumpet--sorry. Time has some interesting effects upon one's memory, perhaps. I should have given you the name of Benny Bailey on the trumpet. mY Apologies, again.
man from 1969 to today not mach has changed from what hes singing at 3:44
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SupernalOne 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Is this the best jazz tune of all time?
kzearo 2 weeks ago
@kzearo
I would suggest "Night In Tunisia" could be considered one of the all time best.
drgreez 2 weeks ago
search Gene McDaniels-Compared to What..watch the video
Tgager09 3 weeks ago
Eugene McDaniels wrote this song for Les McCann, said he was the only one that could do it right.. RIP Gene
Tgager09 3 weeks ago
brilliant thats f*cking music at is best
thanx for the upload.
mrgudmartin 1 month ago
The 2 peeps that dislike this should stop living!
This is THE SHIT!
sonarlover 1 month ago
nothing but good baby
Abstractedthought 1 month ago
I learned to play saxophone from the passage at 7:00. Also learned about life in the USA. Been hearing this since early '72. Never knew there was video!
Thanks for posting!
friskylamar 1 month ago
Heard this song when I was 10 years old and loved it then. This classic jazzzzz!
hepdrip 1 month ago
smokin flamin hot by the first 1:20.
rootchakar 1 month ago
AMazing artist, I'm trying to figure out where I've heard " Everybody now" from the first chorus. Can anyone tell me? It's driving me crazy
Sixous23 1 month ago
@Sixous23 Probably from the "Spill" reviews
MrBlockishMark 1 month ago
@MrBlockishMark That's it! Thank you good sir!
Sixous23 1 month ago
Still such contemporary lyrics. These guys had incredible talent.
I first heard this song playing in a record store in Harvard Square (MA) in 1972 and immediately bought the record. It was on Atlantic Records under their classice green and red record label.
So great to see them playing it live!
take942 2 months ago 6
@take942 27 years old and the first time I heard it was probably in my brother's van a few years back, which is always awesome, but, gotta say, I'm so jealous of your first time hearing it!
SexPanther235 2 weeks ago
Hey! He curses a couple of times. Which, of course, is the absolute best part of this composition.
ttpguy 2 months ago 2
World's coolest song, sadly, still relevant in 2011
ennui406 2 months ago
My theme song. :)
scarlett156 2 months ago
Think I heard this first time on KSRO from Santa Rosa trippin one night on the Russian River. It was real.
oscar3eyes 2 months ago
In regular play in my dorm room back (way back) in the day!
LesbianVampireLover 2 months ago
WOOOOW the original & LIVE too have I died & gone to musical heavan !! They both were awesome. Going to buy the Swiss Movement CD now.
tomo823 2 months ago
I bought this and "walking in space" the first week they hit the store
timsricochet 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Les was obviously from another planet.
SeerTrulth 2 months ago
Tell Jamie Foxx that it's all been done before. Les not only did most of his musical game, but did it with a real context-true motivation, a sprinkle of courage within.
SeerTrulth 2 months ago
This is an outstanding performance. I've had it since it came out. I never tire of this. I didn't know it was filmed. Wonderful to find this.
mbjorke 2 months ago
This is just the TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vh93jones 2 months ago
One of the few; fantastic at pure groove!
MidnightJazzer 3 months ago
this is a brilliant jam; lyrics outstanding for the time
sling3shot 3 months ago
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Steven197450 3 months ago
this is a brilliant jam; lyrics outstanding for the time
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@sling3shot IMHO the lyrics & the music are timeless, the lyrics are just as relevant if not more so today. I saw Les McCann perform twice in Detroit around 1974/1975 at Bakers Keyboard Lounge & he was amazing. Bakers is a small place & I remember the first time we went we paid $10 and stayed for both sets however the 2nd time we went we paid $10 but if you wanted to see the 2nd set you had to pay another $10, of course we forked over another $10 for the 2nd set.
Steven197450 3 months ago
Awesome song! I never get tired of listening.
Seattlecarnut 3 months ago
I love this so much. I have to hear it every so often, but I like watching everyone. Benny Bailey seems to know they're all in the zone by the look on his face. I am following Les McCann on Twitter, and one of his tweets says, "Sock it to me." Haha. I thought that was pretty cool.
marshmallowjane 3 months ago
@marshmallowjane You said everything I wanted to say :-)
ImaniHekima 2 months ago
Gonna dig out the LP and burn it !
Okpolosi 3 months ago
has been a favorite for many years. When I discovered Les my father just looked at me and said "Ah, you like Les huh?" Turns out he knew my father.
bigsur2012 3 months ago
Did I mention the McCann vocal, wow, terrific.
guyfidelity 4 months ago
Groovin' seriously hard. This is an album everyone should own or hand to the friend that says they don't like jazz to prove them nothing short of wrong.
guyfidelity 4 months ago
This was an opening tune of my radio shows in 1993,...XRAZ FM-Kula, Vojvodina,...
MKPesich 4 months ago
frustrating video --- you can't see Les' hands. What were the Swiss thinking?
JABDUDE 4 months ago
yeah
waynebij 4 months ago
このようなライブが残っているとは、驚きです！！ついでにRoberta Flackのライブもどこかにあれば････。
このフィルム、ひょっとして、AtlanticのLIVE版「Swiss Movement」のものでは？
yazooNo5 4 months ago
このようなライブが残っているとは、驚きです！！ついでにRoberta Flackのライブもどこかにあれば････。
yazooNo5 4 months ago
I am in awe O.O
crispmom 4 months ago
This Sounds Great--but I need some more cowbell from: 0:07 to 0:40!!!
heliospuppy 4 months ago
From 6:59 onwards is my favourite section. Eddie's playing is what you'd call 'right in the pocket'. :-)
ImaniHekima 4 months ago
never knew there was a video. this is HOT!
felicer 4 months ago
1 dislike. Compared To What?
okdenny 5 months ago
COME ON BENNY!!! Holy crap this is greatness!!
DonInFremont 5 months ago
COME ON BENNY!!! Holy crap this is greatness!!
DonInFremont 5 months ago
i wanna see fuck heads like kanya west or lil penis (i meant wayne) try just try and have the balls to come up with something this touching and political. they won't cause of master computer big brother regulator fake ass americas (got) talent shit face nation of prozac gobblin limp dicked mascots of global greed
timsissucks69 5 months ago
Awesome song!
Seattlecarnut 5 months ago
simply great.
Caballingus 5 months ago
no, sorry, came earlier - so it's authentic.
handymanonly 5 months ago
6:33 - "suck it to me" was stricken off...
handymanonly 5 months ago
859 Likes, 1 Dislike. Who's the banana-head who didn't like this!
teamco 5 months ago
No sheets of music. No preparation. Just playing a classic on 1 take.
06NewBreed32 5 months ago
first time any of these guys ever played this song - and Les was tripping!
harposleg1950 6 months ago
As true today as it was then....unfortunately timeless!
lovzsombluz 6 months ago
While these idiots in this country were trying to destroy and hold people down, i.e. bull connor, george wallace and their mindless minions, these people were in Switzerland creating this MASTERPIECE!
vh93jones 6 months ago
god damnit I can't figure this out for shit, all i could get is that beginning lick, nothing else :/
willwelsh816 6 months ago
I had this masterpiece on vinyl but due to unexpected circumstances I had to flog it at Camden market in the mid eighties. Thank you. Peace
wobbly585 6 months ago 4
@wobbly585 Still have it on vinyl. My father bought it in NYC ...
ruben1956 3 months ago
@wobbly585
I'm pretty sure I still have the Vinyl in storage.
Man, I didn't know there even was a video of this!
Thanks to drgeez.
Woof!
abuafak 2 months ago
what is the trumpet players name ?
militarytrumpet 6 months ago
@militarytrumpet His name was Benny Bailey. Here is what it says on the back of the album cover (just the part with Benny in it) "The great American trumpet player, Benny Bailey, who has been living in Europe for several years, was also at Montreux, and he was asked by Eddie and Les to join them in the impromptu jazz concert which can be heard on this album."
heckler341 6 months ago
god damn it..this is the real deal..
jwallguitar 6 months ago
RiGHT oN!!
gumby909 6 months ago
no doubt a classic is born here.just makes me wonder what train would have blown here?
thecowfy 6 months ago
R.I.P. Gene McDaniels, a great songwriter compared to anyone.
BradyandDoll 7 months ago 2
HEARS THE KICKER,BABY! THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER IN MINUTES. THEY NEVER PLAYED WITH EACH OTHER IN A GROUP BEFORE. in my eyes and ears 1 of JAZZ (if not the GREATEST) LIVE JAM SESSIONS EVER! "COMPARED TO WHAT" 40+ years later is still saying "GOD DAMMIT". think about it!
capedcrusader730 7 months ago
Goodnight, Mr. McDaniels.
KMBCGeno 7 months ago
"We always end up in a rut" - aint it the truth!
dldbug 7 months ago
Great song!!! R.I.P. to Gene McDaniels, the songwriter of this song who passed away today (7/29/11). Yes, he is the same person who sung "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" back in 1961.
cutelittlecaramelkid 7 months ago
@cutelittlecaramelkid A dj on wfmu said his mother wouldnt let him buy 100 lbs of clay because dorothy killgalen said it was sacreligeous then dorothy killgalen died of drugs and alcohol like maryln monroe
spacepatrolman 6 months ago
G-d Bless You Tube!!!!!!!!!
pfmaple2 7 months ago
"we're chicken feathers, all without one nut - goddamn it!"
Yes, everybody, man up, face the facts, and take right action - make it real
SupernalOne 7 months ago
Is that EXACT SAME performance available on CD? I gotta buy it.
ukimalefu 7 months ago
Somebody needs to like this quick. We are stuck at "666"!
drgreez 7 months ago 13
@drgreez No worries, I am numer 1000
CvHelsdingen 4 months ago
More cowbell.. No, honestly, where are Les' older recordings? Like 1960 where he plays in trio in san francisco with Leroy Vinnegar on bass, tunes like: "Big John" Les was playing his ass off back then..
FunkMan53 7 months ago
@FunkMan53 those are the les mcann ltd. ones you dont see around anymore there was an article in esquire magazazine which of theses guys is a black panther with les in the picture it was some kind of put on he wasnt in the black panthers john mehegan had 3 series of jazz piano books one he gets into how to play funky chord patterns in the style of les mcann
spacepatrolman 6 months ago
@spacepatrolman Funny you say that, I've got the 3 Mehegan books. I'll have to go back and check them out again, Thanks.
FunkMan53 6 months ago
@spacepatrolman Cool I found it. The info is at the end of Vol.4, Contemporary Piano Styles.
FunkMan53 6 months ago
@FunkMan53 in earlier volumnes mehegan has you playing more complex chords in the left hand with 9th 11th and 13th aproximating the sound of a big band in later volumnes you learn modal harmonies of herbie hancock and bill evans mehegan makes grandiose verbal statements like the diatonic system has been exahusted by stan kenton
spacepatrolman 6 months ago
@FunkMan53 this was in the real book but just the melody and chord symbols if you want to get les mccans locked hand chord voicings you will have to figure them out by ear
spacepatrolman 6 months ago
the bells from 7 st bless yall heart every saturday yall played this and other days but i was like nine ten yall taught me to appreiate good music like this i love this
tawheedization 7 months ago
Look up the word "COOL" in the dictionary- you should find the link to this performance
djdudemanhey 7 months ago
What a gig, would have loved to have been there.
ImaniHekima 7 months ago
Happy Birthday 70th Birthday Pops (RIP) ! He'd wake up the 'hood at least one Saturday out of the month with "Swiss Movement" . He always said "This is the shit, and if you don't like this album, you aint got no godamn soul in you, period ! " (LMAO)
techxdabruiser 7 months ago
One of the greatest jazz pieces of all time--I have played this on vinyl and CD again and again. What a tremendous gift to see this video! My thanks to you for posting it!
HebbleTyson 7 months ago in playlist Les McCann and Eddie Harris-Swiss Movement
Les is MORE !!
gerrysmomma 7 months ago
This is great Jazz
MGSmucker64 7 months ago
Great tune from a great concert. Thanks for posting this on YouTube. "Swiss Movement" was my first Jazz album and is still among my favorites. Any chance of posting "You Got it in Your Soulness"?
samhr1966 8 months ago
McCann's solo the camera man doesn't show his fingers and the key board. Is there any footage of one of the best solos showing him tickling the ivories?
tellthetruthg 8 months ago
Often heard but never seen - until now! Thanks for sharing!
mancmuso1 8 months ago
Who the fuck clicked "dislike"? Is there any way to revoke voting privileges on YouTube?
nlandess 8 months ago
This song was on the "Casino" soundtrack!! Great!!!
getbackman66 8 months ago
Thanks so much for those peace of art, "Thats Jazz"in big words, was just improvisation and it becomes a master piece. I still can´t believe what the drumer does with the groove, I don't hear nothing like that in my life...thanks again
Argotero 8 months ago
1 person is an idiot
paperpiper 8 months ago
possibly the best jazz song ever. blues, jazz, and soul all mixed together. this song is absolutely inspiring. it truly makes me feel.
iwtstromlwy 8 months ago
1 person does not know what true jazz music is!
bigj1475 9 months ago
SLaughter houses killing hogs..................i worked killing the little bastards......love this song..
ojodeperro1996 9 months ago
One of the all time best Jazz Recordings. It has the spirit of the real thing that can relate to everyone. Sheer joy and not an ode to sofistication.
lerz8undy 9 months ago
Historic Funkorolic! this is the shit, was, still is... I wonder if Eddie & Les had any idea that they were catching a nice fat wave... so fine.
blueyedboymrdeath 9 months ago
Historic Funkorolic! this is the shit, was, still is.
blueyedboymrdeath 9 months ago
Oh my What is this! soo good!
cgrant1100 9 months ago
1 person is just completely missing the point.
nlandess 9 months ago
This is one of my favorite all time jazz songs. I've know it for about 30 years. I always new it was recorded live but just found out it was videotaped as well! This song has everything. Great vocals, piano playing, sax solos, groove, intelligent lyrics and melody. Can't ask for more than that in jazz.
DoctorOcculator 9 months ago 3
This was the first song I ever recorded on me little 3 inch reel to reel.
spyjuice409 9 months ago
This lp started my love for jazz at the age if 15 in 1970.
ayebear9354 9 months ago
The alblum that started my love for jazz since 1969 at age 15.
ayebear9354 9 months ago
I'm a rock and roller but this shit just transcends! I've loved this since 1970.
WhiteNacho 9 months ago
this is my jam!!!
rillloudmother 9 months ago 2
epic
decus69 10 months ago
aural magic
djdudemanhey 10 months ago
Favorite version, favorite song. First time I've seen the video! Been pushing this on friends since I first heard it in the late 90s when I was 16 or 17.
theoneclyde 10 months ago
How did this slip by me all these years?.......Holy moly.......I got me some serious listening to do....and on an Easter weekend too! .......
tiedyekeith 10 months ago
McCain and Harris ... brilliant
awilliams1179 10 months ago
Try to make it real...... superb
pablo210 10 months ago
After hearing this classic for so many years,it's really nice to see it,too.....Thanx!!!
postatility 10 months ago
bad as hell!
rillloudmother 10 months ago
GOD DAMMIT!!!
capedcrusader730 10 months ago
Right on Les and co! that song says it all even today bro. Compared to what...???
Power to the People!
torrymarrs 11 months ago
Gasowine prices have hit: $4.15 [ reg].here in So, Cal .the phoney land of the Free and feeble/ Its 3/31/11 and they think its just Heaven , Foolish, aint they that "Think"?. Its all bout them/ Drive your Hummer this summer and it'll be a weeble. "Compared To What" ? Gas is .45 cents a Gal. In Saudi. How's them Peaches, Honey.. Go,Listen to "MONSTER"- By John Kay -Steppenwolf .An Anthem for a Lost Land."Native America has paid its Price" and Mother Nature is Returning. God,Bless Les Mcann...
DYNODRUM 11 months ago
The fact that it's in black and white just gives the clip even more soul. :-)
ImaniHekima 11 months ago
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Les Mcann and Eddie Harris and the best trumpet player I have ever seen, Benny Bailey what a cut. I saw them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 after Vietnam. What a rocking Jazz band. Benny Bailey steals the song wioth his solo on the trumpet. Listen closely and you'll hear it talk. Cleartwater.
Cleartwater 11 months ago
Les Mcann and Eddie Harris and the best rtrumpet player I have ever seen, Benny Bailey what a cut. I saw them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 after Vietnam. What a rocking Jazz band. Benny Bailey steals the song wioth his solo on the trumpet. Listen closely and you'll hear it talk. Cleartwater.
Cleartwater 11 months ago
Jazz masterpiece...Incredible song...timeless lyrics...and a line up stratospherically outstanding musicians...playing it live! no less...Compared to what!?! Les McCann and Eddie Harris...the ensemble... are in a class of their own...The best...So when are they going to release this on DVD?
KNagaine93 11 months ago 11
Ya want to hear pure Genius? Les McCann & Eddie Harris Kathleen's Theme Doesn't get any better than these three pieces. Compared to what, Cold Duck Time and Kathleen's Theme!!!! BRILLIANT GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mitchcornacchia 11 months ago
4:28 - 4:31 hashish?
bluesclassic 11 months ago
This is one of the most compelling performances I've ever heard. Thank you for playing this song last week, WXPN!
Xyphere 11 months ago
i read that they didn't really rehearse for this---and it still came out as a phenomenal recording.
teamaculate 11 months ago
I was the 420th like! Fitting. :-)
ChefT1 11 months ago 11
@ChefT1
I hear that!
drgreez 11 months ago
私は超好きです。
ito00009 11 months ago 5
@ito00009
正确
drgreez 11 months ago
here we go people, "COMPARED TO WHAT" is the most social conscience songs. In 1969 as it is NOW IN 2011. Please dig it as much as U should HEAR THE GOSPEL. EASILY 1 OF GREATEST JAZZ/SERMONS of ALL TIMES. 1 of the coolest the hooks of this track.outside the slight "Linus and Lucy" ala monk kick in the beginning. how Mr.McCann uses the hip slang between each verse. WHAT LOST ART. this 1 track that never GETS OLD. I COULD LISTEN TO IT OVER AND OVER. U SHOULD AS WELL. go get the video,DVD PLEASE!
capedcrusader730 11 months ago
Wow wow wow thanks for posting this. Like others I had no idea this even existed. What an amazing trip to be able to watch these guys create such magic!!
tamblern 11 months ago
how can that audience sit still? They're white and they can't get down?
Maenad67 11 months ago
It took a polished group of African American jazz musicians to teach the Swiss what timing is all about. I bought this album because it was the only LP in the jazz section of a small El Paso record shop in the early 70's.For days after I first heard it, CTW was all I could talk about. I felt like an evangelist. Everyone who would come over I made listen to it. I have never tired of it.
montebanque 11 months ago 24
@montebanque
quite right, very well stated
drgreez 11 months ago
@montebanque : Yes, but give credit, it took the swiss and Europe in general to take the initiative to put on and film these concerts because the US media were and still are completely terrible at understanding this was history in the making.... witness the amount of recorded video of US artists on youtube from Europe in 60s and 70s.
orangefunk 11 months ago
@montebanque Same here! My uncle gave me all his LPs to convert them to MP3, and Swiss Movement was in there....I play CTW for everyone!
cantthinkof1nottaken 9 months ago
@montebanque For good reason my friend. my dad & Mom brought this home & I was a boy when I first heard it.
It is one of the pures expressions of music I have heard up, to this day. Thanks Mom & Dad.
JuanOmegaIota 8 months ago
@montebanque
What year was that? I first heard this in 1972, my roommate (who later became my husband) had this album.
surlygirlie0321 7 months ago
Amazing. The sad thing is that if I hadn't heard Maya Rudolph sing this as part of a Saturday Night Live sketch, I would never have looked up the song.
My gosh. So much lost to history to so many people. This song and performance needs to be remembered.
dulceagua98 11 months ago
How the hell could anyone 'dislike' this? One person is compared to what a dick hiding in a man-sized safe after shooting a judge in the face...
daddyoti 1 year ago
i remember the first time i heard this, i was 15 and it opened the door to jazz for me... what a fantastic song and with meaning!! that album was my first jazz album !
thanks for the post
russwj 1 year ago
BRILLIANTE!!!
leopardsleaping 1 year ago
I remember having two eight track tapes in an old Rambler American back in 1972 and this was one of em. One of the greatest records ever...
bluen0te 1 year ago
After owning and playing this record a million times , it sure is great to finally see the performance .
A timeless Jazz Classic .
Thank you for posting.
jammmessenger 1 year ago
les conducts from the piano and the words are 59 years ahead grade musicans
gwengoadalso 1 year ago
Wow! Simply the best! Magical.
lennycohenfan 1 year ago
This is brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing.
rokedetbamidbar 1 year ago 2
this is 50 years ahead of its time tanks for the post SWEET!!!!
gwengoadalso 1 year ago
who was the idiot that did not like this?? great POST!!!!!
gwengoadalso 1 year ago
Amazing music and the lyrics are so far ahead of their time.
Mercenist 1 year ago
The best!!
Berthagertrude 1 year ago
Swiss Movement, one of my favorite albums - If I had a desert island list, this would likely be on it. This is probably the most upbeat/rocking cut on the album, but entire album is great. Excellent chemistry and I don't believe this was rehearsed prior to the set, though Leroy Vinnegar has frequently played bass with Les. They just found a groove and away it went.
Les McCann (piano, vocals); Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone); Benny Bailey (trumpet); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Donald Dean (drums).
musicstuffstpete 1 year ago
Every beat, every note is loaded with soul. I love the way Eddie Harris plays especially.
ImaniHekima 1 year ago
Brilliant..
daveholl50 1 year ago
Cmon people, I've liked the McCann/Harris thing since the early 70's when I first heard it and about wore out the album, and yes it's great. But that Legend with the Roots band live thing is really good too--not much comparison except for the same song. Such different treatments, types of band, etc. Enjoy them both!
selmerd 1 year ago
This is the real deal. Les McCann and company. Groove that is thick. Eddie Harris making me believe! Trumpet man? I know his style, but can't place him. Awesome!
murraywan 1 year ago
IIRC, that's Leroy Vinegar, and it"s still an absolute blast to hear him--hell, it's an absolute blast to hear all of them. I've still got the vinyl of this somewhere, though only God knows its exact location. Try "Cold Duck Time" from "Swiss Movement" for more Vinegar. Hope this helps--Ralph
832ralph 1 year ago
Well, upon further research, it looks like I was completely wrong about the man playing the trumpet--sorry. Time has some interesting effects upon one's memory, perhaps. I should have given you the name of Benny Bailey on the trumpet. mY Apologies, again.
832ralph 1 year ago
Trumpet man? I know his style, but can't place him. This is the real deal.
murraywan 1 year ago
Yeah, J.leg and the Roots did a good cover, but they were "trying to make it real"...........this is REAL.
PhantomZO9 1 year ago
Does anybody know he full line up?
mattbothe70 1 year ago
I had no idea video of this existed. What a treasure
sevelev 1 year ago 3
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