Eddie Harris

Swiss Movement, the previous Harris-McCann collaboration, had a lot going for it. There
was a hip Swiss festival audience. There was the inspired playing of a great expatriate
jazzman, trumpet wizard Benny Bailey. There was even an instant classic, Gene McDaniels'
"Compared to What," a funky, forceful diatribe against the absurdity of life in America,
rapped out unforgettably by McCann. "Compared to What" was strong enough to... More >