Swiss Suite

Swiss Suite is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band with soloists Gato Barbieri (tenor sax) and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (alto sax). The album was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Flying Dutchman label.

Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "it is the nearly 27-minute "Swiss Suite" that dominates this album and although tenorman Gato Barbieri has a couple of raging solos, it is a five-minute segment when guest altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson plays the blues that is most memorable. Vinson's classic spot alone is worth the price of this hard-to-find LP.".

Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Nelson
 * 1) "Swiss Suite" - 26:53
 * 2) "Stolen Moments" - 8:38
 * 3) "Black, Brown and Beautiful" - 3:15
 * 4) "Blues and the Abstract Truth" - 6:03

Personnel

 * Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
 * Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Danny Moore, Rich Cole, Bernt Stean, Harry Beckett - trumpet
 * Buddy Baker, Bertil Strandberg, Donald Beightol, C.J. Shibley, Monte Holz, John Thomas - trombone
 * Jim Nissen - bass trombone
 * Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (track 1), Jesper Thilo, Ozren Depolo - alto saxophone
 * Gato Barbieri (track 1), Michael Urbaniak, Bob Sydor - tenor saxophone
 * Steve Stevenson - baritone saxophone
 * Stanley Cowell - piano
 * Victor Gaskin, Hugo Rasmussen - bass
 * Bernard Purdie - drums
 * Bosko Petrovic - drums, vibraphone, tarabooka
 * Na Na - berimbau
 * Sonny Morgan - congas