How Can You Live Like That? Explained

How Can You Live Like That?
Type:	Album
Artist:	Eddie Harris
Cover:	How Can You Live Like That.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	November 20, 1976 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:33
Label:	Atlantic SD 1698
Producer:	Eddie Harris and Richard Evans
Chronology:	Eddie Harris
Prev Title:	The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	I'm Tired of Driving
Next Year:	1978

How Can You Live Like That? is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Lincoln Journal Star said that the vocals "turn the album into a comedy event."^[3]

The AllMusic review stated: "Eddie Harris comes up with another LP full of abrupt changes of gear... Some of this music sounds a bit routine for Harris but the range of idioms is extraordinary and it was apparently recorded in just one day".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "How Can I Find Some Way to Tell You" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) – 5:33
2. "Love Is Too Much to Touch" (Harris, Yvonne Harris) – 2:55
3. "How Can You Live Like That?" – 5:32
4. "Get Down with It" (Harris, Bobo, Paul Humphrey, Ronald Muldrow) – 3:44
5. "I'd Love to Take You Home" (Sara E. Harris, Muldrow) – 3:36
6. "Come Dance With Me" – 4:22
7. "Bird of Stone" (Harris, Barbara Harmala) – 2:50
8. "Ambidextrous" – 3:42
9. "Nothing Else to Do" – 9:19

Personnel

• Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, piano, vocals
• Ronald Muldrow – guitar, guitorgan, esophagusphone
• Cedar Walton – piano (tracks 5–7 & 9)
• Bradley Bobo – bass, 6 string bass, ARP synthesizer (tracks 1–4 & 9)
• Ron Carter – bass (tracks 5–7 & 9)
• Richard Evans – Minimoog (track 2), arranger (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• Paul Humphrey – drums, electric drums (tracks 1–4, 6 & 8)
• Billy Higgins – drums (tracks 5, 7 & 9)
• Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• George Bohanon, Garnett Brown, Grover Mitchell – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• Benny Powell – bass trombone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• Buddy Collette, Bill Green – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• John Kelson, Charles Owens – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• Delbert Hill – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1600-series/#sd-1698 Atlantic Records discography
2. http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography Eddie Harris Discography
3. News: Becker . Bart . Streetnoise . Lincoln Journal Star . Apr 13, 1977 . 10.
4. Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed May 15, 2012