That Is Why You're Overweight

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That Is Why You're Overweight
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1975
The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length42:53
LabelAtlantic
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)

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]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Eddie Harristenor 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 Brownorgan (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[edit]

  1. ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 15, 2012
  2. ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2012
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.