| That Is Why You're Overweight | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:53 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1683 | |||
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That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1975 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| 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
- "It's All Right Now" – 3:56
- "Why Do You Hurt Me" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) – 4:19
- "Flowers" – 4:59
- "That Is Why You're Overweight" (Harris, Sara Harris, Yvonne Harris) – 7:25
- "Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" – 7:30
- "Live Again" (Ronald Muldrow) – 4:18
- "Ooh" – 2:49
- "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
References
- ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 15, 2012
- ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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