''That Is Why You're Overweight'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist

Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...

recorded in 1975 and released on the Atlantic label.Atlantic Records discography
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Reception

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".Ginell, R. S
Allmusic Review
accessed May 15, 2012

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

– tenor saxophone,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

, vocals * Ronald Muldrow – guitar, guitorgan vocals *Bradley Bobo –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

, 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 Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

(track 5) *Lou Gonzales, Joe Romano – trumpet,

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

(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 The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

, 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

{{Authority control Eddie Harris albums 1977 albums Atlantic Records albums