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If you are a jazz fan you will absolutely love this work. Even if you aren't a jazz fan, this is the perfect jazz work to get started on. The Liner notes on the original album cover says it all about this work- it's too bad there are no liner notes on CD's, because the story of the making of this album is as amazing as the music.
first heard this cd or album (back in the day) must ahve been early 70S hight school hooked on jazz ever since.this a must have.
Listening to this brings life to the dead. An amazing amalgam. Wish I had bought it years ago.
It's become a classic performance and it really sounds great. Well, sometimes you buy a CD of something you used to listen to on record, and it sounds thin and harsh and not very musical.
Nice.The liner notes tell you that the pieces were done ad hoc by these guys with basically no rehearsal, yet it was just one of those magical instances where despite lack of preparation and good set up, everything just clicked and, as they say in the Jazz, it's "got that swing". This recording preserves the original analogue sound, except that it's much more dynamic and clear than anything that my record player could produce.
Not here. You hear the vintage signature, but it's still clear and listenable and engaging.
If you like blues and you like Jazz and you like improvisation when it's really "happening", buy this and don't worry- it's a must have in your top shelf CD library. Liner notes are a great read too.I used to listen to the record of this - a lot - during College.
Audiophiles will appreciate the remastering of this older recording.
Nevertheless, Swiss Movement remains a musical touchstone of a generation and is a CD that any jazz lover should own. I also greatly enjoy the funky You Got It In Your Soulness and The Generation Gap. Although it is no longer cutting-edge, it still sounds as strong as it ever did.In revisiting Swiss Movement, I find that Compared To What still sounds relevant today in the context of the current political climate. What the booklet doesn't give you is the CD's playing time which annoys me. To a ninth-grader on the cutting edge while many of his classmates were grooving to lame acts like Bobby Goldsboro and Paul Revere and the Raiders, this was close to musical nirvana.
Because by today's standards, the CD seems very short even with the one miserly bonus track included. Not only are the lyrics incisive, the music is peerless. Ten years ago, my vinyl recordings long packed away, I bought this to reacquaint myself with an album that meant so much all those years ago. I was a freshman in high school when Swiss Movement was first released and very quickly it became one of those albums you had to own if you were to be considered musically hip. And do you know what.
The only song I don't really care for is the constipated Kathleen's Theme.The CD comes with an informative booklet that talks about the musicians, the music itself and a little about the Montreux Jazz Festival and Rhino Records' program of reissuing recordings made there.
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