That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

That Is Why You're Overweight
Studio album by Eddie Harris
Released	1976
Recorded	1975 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:53
Label	Atlantic SD 1683
Eddie Harris chronology
Bad Luck Is All I Have (1974) That Is Why You're Overweight (1976) The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t (1975)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

The Allmusic review stated: "Some of this stuff hits, some of it misses... all of it suggests that Harris' curiosity and impatience had him flailing around in search of a direction".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "It's All Right Now" - 3:56
2. "Why Do You Hurt Me" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) - 4:19
3. "Flowers" - 4:59
4. "That Is Why You're Overweight" (Harris, Sara Harris, Yvonne Harris) - 7:25
5. "Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" - 7:30
6. "Live Again" (Ronald Muldrow) - 4:18
7. "Ooh" - 2:49
8. "Exempt" - 7:37

Personnel

• Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, electric piano, vocals
• Ronald Muldrow - guitar, guitorgan vocals
• Bradley Bobo - bass, 6 string bass, vocals
• Paul Humphrey, Terry Thompson - drums
• Buck Clarke - bongos, percussion, tambourine
• Calvin Barnes - drums, percussion, vocals
• Marshall Thompson - percussion (track 5)
• Bob Ramey - rhythm synthesizer (track 1)
• Muhal Richard Abrams (track 5), Bobby Lyle (track 2) - electric piano
• Odell Brown - organ (track 5)
• Lou Gonzales, Joe Romano - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Burgess Gardner, Frank Gordon - trumpet (track 5)
• Steve Galloway (track 5), Al Hall Jr. (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Maurice Spears (tracks 2, 4 & 8) - trombone
• Delbert Hill - baritone saxophone, oboe, bassoon, tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Willie Henderson - baritone saxophone (track 5)
• Edmund Lee Bauer, Sol Bobrov, E. Zlatoff Mirsky - violin (track 5)
• Bruce K. Hayden, Harold H. Kupper - viola (track 5)
• Karl B. Fruh - cello (track 5)
• Vivian Harrell, Marilyn Haywood, Mary Ann Stewart, Stephana Loeb, Karen Patterson, Nancy Shanks - vocals
• Gerald Lee - arranger

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