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.

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.

RIP Les 12/29/2023. 88. Thank you for all the living memories.

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 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 ....

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.

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!!

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.

It never gets old

More proof that great music is timeless.

My dad played piano just like les mccann and those funky horns drums and funky bass wow baddest tracks of all times!!!!

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.

Leroy Vinegar is walking down that double bass...the spacing is wicked!

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.

I can summarize their performance in only one word" Awsome"👌

Eddie Harris had so much soul in his playing

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 just love Eddie Harris been a fan since 1969.i love saxophone players

one of the best things i have heard!

I just love how the Bass is swinging before the rest joins in :'D

Really cool to see the footage of this performance. Classic!

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.

They were the greatest combo! 🤜🏾🤛🏾

I was shocked to see Ella Fitzgerald walk in and be seated at about 3:09. This is a treasure!

This was a standout on the radio when first released. Bought the album immediately. Wow and Ella Fitzgerald in the audience. Dang.

The groove and all the off time is what makes jazz beautiful…this is LIVE performance and the warts make it even better…

This is truly a treasured experience! Love this since I was a kid riding backseat in my dad’s car! Thanks for posting!

Jeez...Fantastic memories...and Ella just strolls in there halfway through..my God what a time..

Thank God for Bluetooth! Never heard this before, so it's new to me. Good music is TIMELESS! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Now, this is how you celebrate Black History Month! By listening to some of the BEST Old School Jazz songs in history! 🎸🎹🎷

Music as fresh and exciting as ever!

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! 👍❤️

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 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.

DA GRANDMASTA (all of them) OF ALL DA GRANDMASTA OF THE UNIVERSE GROOVE!!!!

Always has been my signature song. its always cold duck time.

❤it Still...I was Six years old....I am a vibrant 59 ❤ it still ..Solid Real Musique❤🎉🎉

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!

My Father favorite song of all time. RIP the REAL. #Respect #Legendsneverdie

Eddie Harris is the most underrated jazz musician of all 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 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.

When you come to Montreux you come to jam.

This has ALWAYS been MY Jam!!!

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

His work with the Varitone attachment he used later on was always tastefully done.

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.

OMG....I love Eddie's smile!!!

Good music transcends time. Long live Les McCann.

I grew listening to this cut. This was o NBC e of my high school graduation gift,(this LP). Love it♥️

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.

Les McCann all itchy on the piano is just healing me....

Dad blessed me with the music that drove me, thank you dad!!! Stan.

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

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!!!

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.

Wow! What a song and what a video! Documenting a great moment in jazz history. Brilliant!

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.

every young guitar player needs this in there vocabulary that was the ultimate shred soul feeling and technical prowesssss

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!

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.

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.

Heard today on Real Jazz (Sirus) . . . . absolutely dig the performance at Montreux . . . .

Was just listening to this on spotify when I thought to check out Les McCann on KZfaq - and here it is, live and kicking!

R.I.P. Les McCann

This.is time-less 🎶 🎶 ohh the good old days.aug2020.

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.

Wonderful under any circumstances just great I'm the moment feeling man that is music.

Les Mccann having a perfect time.Cooking.

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

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.

"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"

This never gets old! Thanks for posting.)

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…

magnificent...

Ella, is that you I see? I believe it is !!!! Good to see you again !!!!

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.

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.

Eddy Harris makes sense !!!!!!!!!!!

One of my all time favorites.

HELL YEAH.

Great Music, great E. Harris, and B. Bailey. Thanks Rio de Janeiro Brasil.

Duck! Duck! Go! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dam, that's some hip shit!!!

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

They are awesome!

One of my favorite all-time

Listening to that song now.

Good Capture ,I just saw Ella. Thanks for sharing this ,it’s Epic!

My spirit flying above my mountain kingdom Lesotho

And ELLA sits in !!! HELL YEAH !

LOVED IT since about 1960 when a friend introduced me to it. It's on the earlier "Les McCann Plays the Shout" also.

It don't get much funkier than this.

that's real cool jazz music right thgere

Les McCann - piano, vocals - Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone - Benny Bailey - trumpet - Leroy Vinnegar - bass - Donald Dean - drums

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.

My older has & had this on his Reel to Reel deck player. His (Navy days)

¡Benny Bailey!... (¡Oh my God!!!...)

Sooooooooo good!