That Is Why You're Overweight

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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".

Track listing

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

• 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

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