I was a sophomore at Northwestern University in Chicago (actually Evanston) when I first heard this tune, and I must say that it changed my life! The Beatles and Mick Jagger had hit the scene, but they could not touch Eddie Harris & Les McCann. They defined my era of existence, and I still claim it today.
A good altoist friend of mine was staying with his grandmother in South Central LA. (Terrance Tony who did a tour with Art Blakely). One one occasion, he sat in on a jam session. He was taken back by this tenor player. During a break, they complimented each other. My friend said "you sound just like Eddie Harris!" This tenor player laughed and replied "Well I hope so. . . I'm Eddie Harris!" For the following sets, Eddie played mostly piano since my friend was playing. Eddie was described as cool and down to Earth.
Great story!!! I lived in the same brownstone as Blakey's grandson (manager for the Messengers)..He was surprised that I even knew about his grandfather. I told him I was weaned on music.
I’m here asking who was the lady with Ella Fitzgerald when they were being seated? I think she might have also been important in jazz music. Not sure though. Any way, this is just SO good!
I can't believe I'm actually in my 70's. What happened with all these years? I can still remember the first time I listened to this song was when I was lying in bed with a joint between my fingers ....
When my Mom passed on...my Father called me at 5:00 AM to tell me the sad news. I didn't cry. No. I hung up the phone and I reached down into my CD rack and out came Les McCann and "the ELECTRIFYING" Eddie Harris's "Swiss Movement". Yeah!!! And in tribute to Shirley Jean Robinson (*Feb 7, 1938 - May 18, 2002*) I played "Cold Duck Time"...her favorite. I cranked that baby too. Loud. "To You Mom". Happy Mother's Day!!! You will forever be loved and missed!!!
I was lucky enough to have a fearless friend who would call great musicians to come over and jam. One day he calls and tells me to grab my tenor and come to his house prepared to spend the day. I walk in and the is my friend Joe D'Elia with Eddie Harris. Seeing my tenor case he sat at the piano with Joe at the drums and we spent the better part of the afternoon playing and listening to Eddie talk about jazz and funk and his life in the business. Then we drove to NYC to catch Eric Alexander at Sweet Basil and the place went crazy when we walked in. Everyone knew they were in the presence of genius and we had a ball. Eddie was one the kindest people I ever met and I was very lucky to have shared that day and night with him and my friend Joe. Both Eddie and Joe are gone now but I will cherish the memory of that day and night until I check out.
@@KSmall109CABBen is quoted in the liner notes of the CD saying he initially thought the crowd was really digging his solo and the applause was for him. He also said that Ms. Fitzgerald came up to them after the set and apologized for entering during their performance. Man, I sure wish I could have been there, but I was only 4!😂
I absolutely LOVE the syncopation in the head, I mean holy shit, it blows me away every time!! Eddie Harris was a legendary performer, and his stage presence is just so chill & effortless... wish I could see him perform
After football practice in college, most of the "brothers" on my team would beg me to let them come to my little house to listen to JAZZ. I have a fabulous Jazz collection. I never turned them down. This song was always the first song I'd play on my record player to set the mood. . FYI...during the trumpet solo, Ella Fitzgerald enters to sit down....WOW. This song is "Cold Duck Time". They performed this with only one rehearsal. I was honored to see Eddie Harris perform at "Concerts by the Sea" in Redondo Beach, CA. If you are a true Jazz fan, I know you will appreciate listening to the entire cut. ALL SAX PLAYERS....ENJOY.
i also saw him there, and he came into Carmelo's jazz club were i tended bar a couple days later. all the studio musicians came there to hear their frjends play
I had a cassette of this-wore it out driving in my 1985 Mitsubishi in 1985-Bought the CD in the late 1990's-what a great performance -bENNY bAILEY -WHO KNEW -NO REHEARSAL IS THE LEGEND.
Your dad is a great musician if he played just like Les McCann. "baddy baddy assed" is what we called it back in the day, in SanJo. We're playing this track live in May, in Germany. We can only hope to be somewhat as baddy assed with it as these fellas were in switzerland in 1969. I've been listening to and learning from Les for about 40 years now and I never get tired of it, and I hope people hear his influence in my playing. Timeless, Always Fresh. Absolutely "THE" shit. For me anyway. . This and the Lou Rawls tracks, with the same trio. Leroy Vinegar on bass, and Mr. Jefferson on drums. Where the gospel meets the blues, Latin and jazz on the way to the FONK, Where it's at.
Wow. So many memories growing in Detroit. This song influenced me to pick up the saxophone. The great Eddie Harris! You can sing his solo! I had his sax book.
@@tomhamilton4825 I was talking about the bass player opening the song with swing eights and then adapting to straight eights when the rest of the band starts playing.
This is great! I have the album and listened to it many times but never saw the video. I love at 1:10 how Eddie Harris suspends time in the break during his solo. And Benny Bailey's solo is out of this world! 👍❤️
Got a Tenor a few weeks ago and I must get this song down. Eddie Harris and Cannon Ball Adderly made me want to play the Saxophone. I think this live recording is the best of any recording ever!!!
Benny Bailey had his eyes closed during his solo so he didn't notice that Ella had just walked in. He said later that he thought all the cheering was for what he was doing (and he was a bit embarrassed)! It was worthy of some cheers, though, because it's a really smoking solo, with those cool growls in the break and double-time just as Ella appears.
I love watching Donald Dean watching Eddie Harris during his solo. Makes me smile everytime I see his joy and then Donald plays a great solo himself from the inspiration. Beautiful moments in jazz.
Reminds me of my high school band days (class of 1972). A few of us got together & learned to play this vintage music from the REAL jazz greats. Les McCann FOREVER!!!!!!
Gotcha beat by 3 years and I've still got the original slightly dog-eared album that I bought way back then...had to pick up the CD when they first came out :))
i,'ve seen Brotha Eddie Harris, in concert in HARLEM, Montreal JAZZ festival, his musical influences are endless, always a MARVELOUS Message in all his SHOWS.....timeless MUSIC...PRICELESS
amen & delivered it thru such a very wide variety of flavors, moods, musical settings a deliciously inventive composer of jazz plans for players to play within on the album you hear Les intro the tune with "this is the first time we've ever heard it" watch Bennie Bailey's smile grow as Eddie takes first solo, & Eddie's smile as he hears & watches Bennie Bailey take the framework and cut loose that beautiful solo within it
I’ve listen to the record of this for almost 50 years... And I always thought the ending was live. I can’t believe they edited out one of the last notes of the ending for the record!
WOW I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS FOR DECADES. Never seen it. Also i only discovered the music of Ben Bailey a few years ago.. never knew he was on this track.
I picked up this album on vinyl at a flea market for $1, It was in kind of rough shape, but it could still bring out the feel of that day. I later got the 30th Anniversary CD, I still love the sound it has on vinyl.
As many here are sharing they did, I did not see Eddie Harris live. My last band though went for 10 years, primarily Swing Dance "Big Band" ( we were 7 piece) but also covered much straight ahead Jazz, R&B, etc. and for club dates we would always open with Miles Davis "Freddie the Freeloader" to ease into the night. We would save Cold Duck Time to a bit later when it was time to open up and blow longer solos over this great groove. Piano, Guitar, Sax (1 or 2) and me on harmonica......this is a great song for harp. I have played with many horn players who "were there" to play with Duke E., Count Basie, Joe Liggins, Ray Charles, etc. ....veteran players who like these gentlemen here, make it look easy!
I have to agree with you fully. My school mates came from a school tour that I didnt go to with an Eddie Harri's cassette they picked up there and gave it to me. I still have it since 1983
Lord, to see this and have only heard the album prior is amazing. This material shaped my musical heart, and that heart today has just started bass and tenor -- all at the age of fifty-something.
Yes Sir Buddy There Was Magic in the Air In 69 a Hipness a Cool that was Born and it grabbed all Musicians Notibly Miles Birth of the Cool and These Cats What a Glorious Time to be alive
I remember when I bought this album in '74. I didn't have much money at that time, I was still young, but I made sure to always save a little bit of my paycheck for Eddy Harris's records, among others. I went home and listened it so many time, the record got scratched. Happily for me, my girlfriend at the time had a one of those too, so it was the perfect excuse to go to her house. I still cherish these moments in my memory, now more than forty years later. That girlfriend became my wife, and we used many Edie Harris songs at our wedding! Every time I listen to a Eddie Haris song, I miss her. At least, I miss her when we were young. I don't really miss the time she cheated on my with my coworker, before eloping with him at the other side of the country. Fuck you Walpurgina.
Until today, I never knew and always wished, that I could find video recordings of this session. Looks like "Compared to What" and "Cold Duck Time" are the only ones.
This is a video segment, from the fabulous 1969 concert, from which the famous McCann/Harris 'SWISS MOVEMENT' album was made. This was the first time that the band had played the tune, for an audience. They had just learned it, that day.
heard this in L.A. county California this afternoon around 12:00 pm on 88.1 F.M. ... hit the info 30 seconds in for the deets, Eddie Harris Cold Duck Time "I see you" ... got home just now at 10:05 p.m. from working in the culinary industry (slaying gristle soaked plates with drop and slop sides) ... just wanted to give a shout out "Hey, You GUYS !!!" and a thumbs up. wish I could say more; too busy dancing with moves of some kind unknown.
Glad times have changed and people don;t have to feel they have to be so stiff when listening to such funky grooves. How can they sit there like unmoved statues? Barely a head nod between them.
And all these years I thought the applause for Benny's solo was just that, rather than Ella coming in and sitting down in the front seat..There you have it.
Ella came in just at the right moment to provoke an applause to one of the most unbelievable trumpet solos in the history of jazz :) She knew what she was doing...
also, if you watch the full video of the performance, after this set, she later apologizes to Benny for interrupting his solo. and even the piano player acknowledges how you can't not applaud for Ella.
the casual, absolutely careless excellence is sublime...it just radiates off of them. and if i'm not mistaken this was a pick up band. love how you can kinda hear up les singing along with his playing as eddie leans on the piano
All I was thinking was they are playing this note for note from my favorite album. Didn't know there was a video of it too. I thought jazz festivals would be outside
I had the "Swiss Movement" album from when it first came out and could never understand why everyone was going crazy in the middle of the trumpet solo. Now I know. God herself just walked in.
What’s so interesting about this clip is that halfway through Benny Bailey’s improv a certain world renowned jazz vocalist strolls in to thunderous applause……..I always wondered what Benny thought was going on…….cause he was killing…
Start at 2:00, the sax player hits those funky notes...they arrive at Eddie...they stagger him back for a sec...he closes his eyes...then that smile...then the look over at another musician as if to say "listen to this cat go..."...then the beamy smile again. No exaggerated movements or fist pumps, just quiet appreciation of the other guy's art. What consummate professionals all
Love all the comments. Amazing album. And to think it was a constant player on "underground" FM rock at the time. Don't want to dis any rock bands, but these guys would kick their collective asses.
As a jazz funk blues groove lover and a History teacher.... I can't help thinking that the well being of the Earth is somehow related to the abundance or lack thereof of funky jazz. Solution: Replace school bells that sound the end of lessons with a burst of Cold Duck Dance.
I was a sophomore at Northwestern University in Chicago (actually Evanston) when I first heard this tune, and I must say that it changed my life! The Beatles and Mick Jagger had hit the scene, but they could not touch Eddie Harris & Les McCann. They defined my era of existence, and I still claim it today.
Seeing Eddie smiling after Benny's solo is a great picture of the joy that everybody was feeling that very special night in Montreux.
To this day, Benny's solo-especially that flutter-still blows me away.
A good altoist friend of mine was staying with his grandmother in South Central LA. (Terrance Tony who did a tour with Art Blakely). One one occasion, he sat in on a jam session. He was taken back by this tenor player. During a break, they complimented each other. My friend said "you sound just like Eddie Harris!" This tenor player laughed and replied "Well I hope so. . . I'm Eddie Harris!" For the following sets, Eddie played mostly piano since my friend was playing. Eddie was described as cool and down to Earth.
Great story!!! I lived in the same brownstone as Blakey's grandson (manager for the Messengers)..He was surprised that I even knew about his grandfather. I told him I was weaned on music.
love the applause and acknowledgement from the crowd when Ella walks into the room. the respect she commands is awesome.
I’m here asking who was the lady with Ella Fitzgerald when they were being seated? I think she might have also been important in jazz music. Not sure though. Any way, this is just SO good!
Indeed and rightly so! Lovely to see.
I can't believe I'm actually in my 70's. What happened with all these years? I can still remember the first time I listened to this song was when I was lying in bed with a joint between my fingers ....
Join the club, Champ. I'm in my 70s, listening to this, smoking a joint 👌
Yeah, baby. I'm 73 and still listening with a joint between my fingers. It's the music of the spheres. Ain't life grand, Dave?
🤣
I’ll be 76 in a few weeks. I’m with you.
Me too
When my Mom passed on...my Father called me at 5:00 AM to tell me the sad news. I didn't cry. No. I hung up the phone and I reached down into my CD rack and out came Les McCann and "the ELECTRIFYING" Eddie Harris's "Swiss Movement". Yeah!!! And in tribute to Shirley Jean Robinson (*Feb 7, 1938 - May 18, 2002*) I played "Cold Duck Time"...her favorite. I cranked that baby too. Loud. "To You Mom". Happy Mother's Day!!! You will forever be loved and missed!!!
yes
nice memories ...
wonderful.
You are a damn good son.Really!
What a memory! Your mama would have been proud of you honoring her memory!
I was lucky enough to have a fearless friend who would call great musicians to come over and jam. One day he calls and tells me to grab my tenor and come to his house prepared to spend the day. I walk in and the is my friend Joe D'Elia with Eddie Harris. Seeing my tenor case he sat at the piano with Joe at the drums and we spent the better part of the afternoon playing and listening to Eddie talk about jazz and funk and his life in the business. Then we drove to NYC to catch Eric Alexander at Sweet Basil and the place went crazy when we walked in. Everyone knew they were in the presence of genius and we had a ball. Eddie was one the kindest people I ever met and I was very lucky to have shared that day and night with him and my friend Joe. Both Eddie and Joe are gone now but I will cherish the memory of that day and night until I check out.
Beautiful man!!
Beautiful man! I played with Ben Tucker who wrote " Comin'Home Baby ". Was Bros with Yusef Lateef also. Peace.
My goodness, this goes so hard. Amazing talent making beautiful music.
Been listening to this since 1969, but seeing the performances only now. Lord. Makes me want to jump on the next thing smokin' to Switzerland.
Same here since I was in Jr. High school in 1970.
I'm with you. sheeminy.
awesome, awesome.
It don't get no damn COOLER than this. Can't tell you how many times I've listened to this since 1970! A LOT!!
You're absolutely right! Insane
Cooler that the other side of the pillow.
RIP Les 12/29/2023. 88. Thank you for all the living memories.
You can tell by looks on Eddie Harris' and Les McCann's faces that they just heard one of the greatest trumpet solos ever. Ben Bailey just killed it.
Nothing like having Ella Fitzgerald walk in on you while you're at the peak of your solo!
One of my favorite trumpet solos of all time!
Thank you for adding his name. I wanted to know 😊
outrageous chops on him - few can do that.
@@KSmall109CABBen is quoted in the liner notes of the CD saying he initially thought the crowd was really digging his solo and the applause was for him. He also said that Ms. Fitzgerald came up to them after the set and apologized for entering during their performance. Man, I sure wish I could have been there, but I was only 4!😂
Thank God for Bluetooth! Never heard this before, so it's new to me. Good music is TIMELESS! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
You might want to check out COMPARED TO WHAT from that concert, too.
And when you're in Goldap, I definitely recommend testing zeppelins out.
I absolutely LOVE the syncopation in the head, I mean holy shit, it blows me away every time!! Eddie Harris was a legendary performer, and his stage presence is just so chill & effortless... wish I could see him perform
I saw him play in Seattle several times. He even gave me his music theory book and signed it for me. Eddie is truly missed!!!
After football practice in college, most of the "brothers" on my team would beg me to let them come to my little house to listen to JAZZ. I have a fabulous Jazz collection. I never turned them down. This song was always the first song I'd play on my record player to set the mood. . FYI...during the trumpet solo, Ella Fitzgerald enters to sit down....WOW. This song is "Cold Duck Time". They performed this with only one rehearsal. I was honored to see Eddie Harris perform at "Concerts by the Sea" in Redondo Beach, CA. If you are a true Jazz fan, I know you will appreciate listening to the entire cut. ALL SAX PLAYERS....ENJOY.
Right On Brother !!
You are a good Brother,,,,
Monrovia Liberia?????
International "Cold Duck"
Anybody know 🤔 trumpet and keyboard,bass
i also saw him there, and he came into Carmelo's jazz club were i tended bar a couple days later. all the studio musicians came there to hear their frjends play
I had a cassette of this-wore it out driving in my 1985 Mitsubishi in 1985-Bought the CD in the late 1990's-what a great performance -bENNY bAILEY -WHO KNEW -NO REHEARSAL IS THE LEGEND.
My dad played piano just like les mccann and those funky horns drums and funky bass wow baddest tracks of all times!!!!
Your dad is a great musician if he played just like Les McCann. "baddy baddy assed" is what we called it back in the day, in SanJo. We're playing this track live in May, in Germany. We can only hope to be somewhat as baddy assed with it as these fellas were in switzerland in 1969.
I've been listening to and learning from Les for about 40 years now and I never get tired of it, and I hope people hear his influence in my playing.
Timeless, Always Fresh. Absolutely "THE" shit. For me anyway. . This and the Lou Rawls tracks, with the same trio.
Leroy Vinegar on bass, and Mr. Jefferson on drums.
Where the gospel meets the blues, Latin and jazz on the way to the FONK, Where it's at.
Wow. So many memories growing in Detroit. This song influenced me to pick up the saxophone. The great Eddie Harris! You can sing his solo! I had his sax book.
Right On Brother !!
I just love Eddie Harris been a fan since 1969.i love saxophone players
Genius musician!! Play his vinyl every day!
❤it Still...I was Six years old....I am a vibrant 59 ❤ it still ..Solid Real Musique❤🎉🎉
The groove and all the off time is what makes jazz beautiful…this is LIVE performance and the warts make it even better…
More proof that great music is timeless.
Yeah. No electronic nonsense to date it.
@@RexLancaster8 it
Really cool to see the footage of this performance. Classic!
It never gets old
I can summarize their performance in only one word" Awsome"👌
Dad blessed me with the music that drove me, thank you dad!!! Stan.
This is truly a treasured experience! Love this since I was a kid riding backseat in my dad’s car! Thanks for posting!
I just love how the Bass is swinging before the rest joins in :'D
yes, this was truly new material!
Yeah !!! IN the groove!! Leroy Vinegar!!
As a bassist I do too! The bass line is repeated over and over the syncopation has to be on point!
@@tomhamilton4825 I was talking about the bass player opening the song with swing eights and then adapting to straight eights when the rest of the band starts playing.
I was shocked to see Ella Fitzgerald walk in and be seated at about 3:09. This is a treasure!
This is great! I have the album and listened to it many times but never saw the video. I love at 1:10 how Eddie Harris suspends time in the break during his solo. And Benny Bailey's solo is out of this world! 👍❤️
Words are inadequate to define this is a must-see to understand
Stunning!
Got a Tenor a few weeks ago and I must get this song down. Eddie Harris and Cannon Ball Adderly made me want to play the Saxophone. I think this live recording is the best of any recording ever!!!
Now, this is how you celebrate Black History Month! By listening to some of the BEST Old School Jazz songs in history! 🎸🎹🎷
I grew listening to this cut. This was o NBC e of my high school graduation gift,(this LP). Love it♥️
Leroy Vinegar is walking down that double bass...the spacing is wicked!
One of the HARDEST GROOVIN cats ever.
Incredible bassist... I first heard him on Stan Getz's 'The Steamer'...
Benny Bailey had his eyes closed during his solo so he didn't notice that Ella had just walked in. He said later that he thought all the cheering was for what he was doing (and he was a bit embarrassed)! It was worthy of some cheers, though, because it's a really smoking solo, with those cool growls in the break and double-time just as Ella appears.
They were the greatest combo! 🤜🏾🤛🏾
This was a standout on the radio when first released. Bought the album immediately. Wow and Ella Fitzgerald in the audience. Dang.
I love watching Donald Dean watching Eddie Harris during his solo. Makes me smile everytime I see his joy and then Donald plays a great solo himself from the inspiration. Beautiful moments in jazz.
Jeez...Fantastic memories...and Ella just strolls in there halfway through..my God what a time..
Reminds me of my high school band days (class of 1972). A few of us got together & learned to play this vintage music from the REAL jazz greats. Les McCann FOREVER!!!!!!
i HEARD Swiss Movement when I was 20 and I turned right there into a LOVER OF JAZZ now 45 yrs. later still love this LP
Right On Brother !!
Gotcha beat by 3 years and I've still got the original slightly dog-eared album that I bought way back then...had to pick up the CD when they first came out :))
i,'ve seen Brotha Eddie Harris, in concert in HARLEM, Montreal JAZZ festival, his musical influences are endless, always a MARVELOUS Message in all his SHOWS.....timeless MUSIC...PRICELESS
Right On Brother !!
Eddie Harris had so much soul in his playing
you are correct!
Right On !!
@@EddieHarrisJazz love me some Eddie!!
amen
& delivered it thru such a very wide variety of flavors, moods, musical settings
a deliciously inventive composer of jazz plans for players to play within
on the album you hear Les intro the tune with "this is the first time we've ever heard it"
watch Bennie Bailey's smile grow as Eddie takes first solo, & Eddie's smile as he hears
& watches Bennie Bailey take the framework and cut loose that beautiful solo within it
I’ve listen to the record of this for almost 50 years... And I always thought the ending was live. I can’t believe they edited out one of the last notes of the ending for the record!
It's so great and all of a sudden the wheels fall off and it ends.
Wow! What a song and what a video! Documenting a great moment in jazz history. Brilliant!
WOW I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS FOR DECADES. Never seen it. Also i only discovered the music of Ben Bailey a few years ago.. never knew he was on this track.
I picked up this album on vinyl at a flea market for $1, It was in kind of rough shape, but it could still bring out the feel of that day. I later got the 30th Anniversary CD, I still love the sound it has on vinyl.
Right On Sister !!
I pay full price...all worth.💃🏾👠💄📿❤
As many here are sharing they did, I did not see Eddie Harris live. My last band though went for 10 years, primarily Swing Dance "Big Band" ( we were 7 piece) but also covered much straight ahead Jazz, R&B, etc. and for club dates we would always open with Miles Davis "Freddie the Freeloader" to ease into the night. We would save Cold Duck Time to a bit later when it was time to open up and blow longer solos over this great groove. Piano, Guitar, Sax (1 or 2) and me on harmonica......this is a great song for harp. I have played with many horn players who "were there" to play with Duke E., Count Basie, Joe Liggins, Ray Charles, etc. ....veteran players who like these gentlemen here, make it look easy!
every young guitar player needs this in there vocabulary that was the ultimate shred soul feeling and technical prowesssss
guitarars dons
one of the best things i have heard!
Eddie Harris is the most underrated jazz musician of all time.
Agreed 😉
Most underrated musician PERIOD!!
I have to agree with you fully. My school mates came from a school tour that I didnt go to with an Eddie Harri's cassette they picked up there and gave it to me. I still have it since 1983
Not by me...the most recognisable sax sound in all jazz
There’s that word again…
Lord, to see this and have only heard the album prior is amazing. This material shaped my musical heart, and that heart today has just started bass and tenor -- all at the age of fifty-something.
Ditto brother !
Amen, at 70!
SeerTrulth Me too and add ten to your number.
SeerTrulth I picked up the bass at 55; I'm about to turn 62. It's never too late! Keep it low ...
So how's that coming along for you?
Music as fresh and exciting as ever!
Heard today on Real Jazz (Sirus) . . . . absolutely dig the performance at Montreux . . . .
Yes Sir Buddy There Was Magic in the Air In 69 a Hipness a Cool that was Born and it grabbed all Musicians Notibly Miles Birth of the Cool and These Cats What a Glorious Time to be alive
Right On Brother !!
Miles Davis's BIRTH OF THE COOL was recorded in three sessions during 1949 and 1950!!
Anyway...we love this music!!!
I remember when I bought this album in '74. I didn't have much money at that time, I was still young, but I made sure to always save a little bit of my paycheck for Eddy Harris's records, among others. I went home and listened it so many time, the record got scratched. Happily for me, my girlfriend at the time had a one of those too, so it was the perfect excuse to go to her house. I still cherish these moments in my memory, now more than forty years later. That girlfriend became my wife, and we used many Edie Harris songs at our wedding! Every time I listen to a Eddie Haris song, I miss her. At least, I miss her when we were young. I don't really miss the time she cheated on my with my coworker, before eloping with him at the other side of the country. Fuck you Walpurgina.
What a ride
Wlpurgina is her actual name? Lol
His work with the Varitone attachment he used later on was always tastefully done.
Until today, I never knew and always wished, that I could find video recordings of this session. Looks like "Compared to What" and "Cold Duck Time" are the only ones.
Great Music, great E. Harris, and B. Bailey. Thanks Rio de Janeiro Brasil.
Was just listening to this on spotify when I thought to check out Les McCann on TH-cam - and here it is, live and kicking!
Ella, is that you I see? I believe it is !!!! Good to see you again !!!!
This is a video segment, from the fabulous 1969 concert, from which the famous McCann/Harris 'SWISS MOVEMENT' album was made. This was the first time that the band had played the tune, for an audience. They had just learned it, that day.
heard this in L.A. county California this afternoon around 12:00 pm on 88.1 F.M. ... hit the info 30 seconds in for the deets, Eddie Harris Cold Duck Time "I see you" ... got home just now at 10:05 p.m. from working in the culinary industry (slaying gristle soaked plates with drop and slop sides) ... just wanted to give a shout out "Hey, You GUYS !!!" and a thumbs up. wish I could say more; too busy dancing with moves of some kind unknown.
Good music transcends time. Long live Les McCann.
Glad times have changed and people don;t have to feel they have to be so stiff when listening to such funky grooves. How can they sit there like unmoved statues? Barely a head nod between them.
That's because...they were listening
My Father favorite song of all time. RIP the REAL. #Respect #Legendsneverdie
Always has been my signature song. its always cold duck time.
Les McCann all itchy on the piano is just healing me....
DA GRANDMASTA (all of them) OF ALL DA GRANDMASTA OF THE UNIVERSE GROOVE!!!!
And all these years I thought the applause for Benny's solo was just that, rather than Ella coming in and sitting down in the front seat..There you have it.
Ella came in just at the right moment to provoke an applause to one of the most unbelievable trumpet solos in the history of jazz :) She knew what she was doing...
Absolutely correct..
I was applauding for Benny's solo ;)
also, if you watch the full video of the performance, after this set, she later apologizes to Benny for interrupting his solo. and even the piano player acknowledges how you can't not applaud for Ella.
Me too man .... love this song ...!
"Swiss Movement" was like an invasion, an infusion of some of the best music we didn't know we were so hungry for.... "Class of 69"
the casual, absolutely careless excellence is sublime...it just radiates off of them. and if i'm not mistaken this was a pick up band. love how you can kinda hear up les singing along with his playing as eddie leans on the piano
This has ALWAYS been MY Jam!!!
All I was thinking was they are playing this note for note from my favorite album. Didn't know there was a video of it too. I thought jazz festivals would be outside
Right On Brother !!
One of my favorite all-time
LOVED IT since about 1960 when a friend introduced me to it. It's on the earlier "Les McCann Plays the Shout" also.
Wonderful under any circumstances just great I'm the moment feeling man that is music.
This never gets old! Thanks for posting.)
WOW, THANK YOU for the video of the performance that went down on vinyl...... ELLA in the HOUSE ! Never knew until today !
Right On Brother !!
I have the LP,classic.
I had the "Swiss Movement" album from when it first came out and could never understand why everyone was going crazy in the middle of the trumpet solo. Now I know. God herself just walked in.
They were applauding because Ella Fitzgerald joined the crowd.
I never appreciated the base untill sering them perform...ahhhh
The internet!!!
When you come to Montreux you come to jam.
Right On Sister !!
What’s so interesting about this clip is that halfway through Benny Bailey’s improv a certain world renowned jazz vocalist strolls in to thunderous applause……..I always wondered what Benny thought was going on…….cause he was killing…
The inimitable Ella!
and he never missed a beat
I thought it was kind of rude of Ella's entourage to enter during Benny's solo. They could have waited till the tune was over.
One on the greatest songs in Jazz History....and of course what I have always called the famous "Pregnant pause" ....around 4:00...It is outstanding
It's almost as if they're suspending time... 🙂
This song is about as sexy as music gets. Like an epic romp in the hay…sublime!
Good Capture ,I just saw Ella. Thanks for sharing this ,it’s Epic!
OMG....I love Eddie's smile!!!
Start at 2:00, the sax player hits those funky notes...they arrive at Eddie...they stagger him back for a sec...he closes his eyes...then that smile...then the look over at another musician as if to say "listen to this cat go..."...then the beamy smile again. No exaggerated movements or fist pumps, just quiet appreciation of the other guy's art. What consummate professionals all
Who are the 79 tasteless heathens who gave this a thumbs down?!
This.is time-less 🎶 🎶 ohh the good old days.aug2020.
Listening 2021🎼🎵🎶🎷
💃🏾👠💄📿❤
One of my all time favorites.
Goddamit! Leroy Vinager laying ;that walking bass…
Love all the comments. Amazing album. And to think it was a constant player on "underground" FM rock at the time. Don't want to dis any rock bands, but these guys would kick their collective asses.
R.I.P. Les McCann
we played this with a teenage orchestra, must have gone to a tour.. war began, destroyed everything including my beloved orchestra.
Les Mccann having a perfect time.Cooking.
Right On Sister !!
As a jazz funk blues groove lover and a History teacher.... I can't help thinking that the well being of the Earth is somehow related to the abundance or lack thereof of funky jazz.
Solution: Replace school bells that sound the end of lessons with a burst of Cold Duck Dance.
Listening to that song now.