Swiss Suite is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band with soloists Gato Barbieri (tenor sax) and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (alto sax). The album was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]

Swiss Suite
Live album by Oliver Nelson
Released	1972
Recorded	June 18, 1971
Venue	Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:49
Label	Flying Dutchman FD 10149
Producer	Bob Thiele
Oliver Nelson chronology
Leon Thomas in Berlin (1971) Swiss Suite (1972) Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "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.".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Nelson

1. "Swiss Suite" - 26:53
2. "Stolen Moments" - 8:38
3. "Black, Brown and Beautiful" - 3:15
4. "Blues and the Abstract Truth" - 6:03

Personnel

• Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
• Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Danny Moore, Rich Cole, Bernt Stean, Harry Beckett - trumpet
• Buddy Baker, Bertil Strandberg, Donald Beightol, C.J. Shibley, Monte Holz, John Thomas - trombone
• Jim Nissen - bass trombone
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (track 1), Jesper Thilo, Ozren Depolo - alto saxophone
• Gato Barbieri (track 1), Michael Urbaniak, Bob Sydor - tenor saxophone
• Steve Stevenson - baritone saxophone
• Stanley Cowell - piano
• Victor Gaskin, Hugo Rasmussen - bass
• Bernard Purdie- drums
• Bosko Petrovic - drums, vibraphone, tarabooka
• Na Na - berimbau
• Sonny Morgan - congas

References