How Can You Live Like That?

Studio album by Eddie Harris

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

Eddie Harris chronology

The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t
(1975)

How Can You Live Like This?
(1976)

I'm Tired of Driving
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

How Can You Live Like That? is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.^[3]

Reception

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".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

"How Can I Find Some Way to Tell You" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) - 5:33
"Love Is Too Much to Touch" (Harris, Yvonne Harris) - 2:55
"How Can You Live Like That?" - 5:32
"Get Down with It" (Harris, Bobo, Paul Humphrey, Ronald Muldrow) - 3:44
"I'd Love to Take You Home" (Sara E. Harris, Muldrow) - 3:36
"Come Dance With Me" - 4:22
"Bird of Stone" (Harris, Barbara Harmala) - 2:50
"Ambidextrous" - 3:42
"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)

References

1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 15, 2012
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 15, 2012

Eddie Harris

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 Newport (1970)

Soundtrack albums	Pourquoi L'Amérique (1968)

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