Compared to What

Les McCann & Eddie Harris · 1969 · Gene McDaniels song critical of the Vietnam War; version recorded in Montreux on June 21, 1969 with Eddie Harris and Benny Bailey (Swiss Movement, Atlantic). McCann had already recorded it in 1966.

Context

Composed by Gene McDaniels (registered in 1966) and first recorded by Les McCann on Les McCann Plays the Hits, the song was performed again live on June 21, 1969, at the Montreux festival with Eddie Harris on tenor saxophone. Opener of the album Swiss Movement (Atlantic), certified gold in the United States, it was released as a single, sold more than a million copies, and ranked No. 35 on Billboard's R&B chart.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.

By the same artist

• Freedom Jazz Dance (1965)

Sources

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