That Is Why You're Overweight

That Is Why You're Overweight
That Is Why You're Overweight
Studio album by Eddie Harris
Released	1976
Recorded	1975; The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:53
Label	Atlantic; SD 1683
Eddie Harris chronology

That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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
^ Jump up to: ^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.

[Atlantic_Records_discography-1] Atlantic Records discography accessed May 15, 2012

[2] Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2012

[RSJRG-4] 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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Studio albums	Exodus to Jazz (1961) Mighty Like a Rose (1961) Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) A Study in Jazz (1962) Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies (1962) Bossa Nova (1963) For Bird and Bags (1964) Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964) Here Comes the Judge (1964) Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1965) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1967) The Electrifying Eddie Harris (1968) Plug Me In (1968) Silver Cycles (1968) Free Speech (1969) Come On Down! (1970) Second Movement (1971) Instant Death (1971) Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (1972) Excursions (1973) E.H. in the U.K. (1974) Is It In (1974) I Need Some Money (1974) Bad Luck Is All I Have (1975) That Is Why You're Overweight (1975) The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t 1976 (1975) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
Live albums	High Voltage (1969) Swiss Movement (1969) Live at Newpoart (1970)
Soundtrack albums	Pourquoi L'Amérique (1968) Soul To Soul (1971)