A
DISCOGRAPHY: 1951-1966
presented by douglas
payneLET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
Louis Jordan and his Orchestra
New York City: June 5, 1951
Aaron Izenhall,
Ermit V. Perry, Bob Mitchell (tp); Leon Comegys, Bob Burgess (tb); Louis
Jordan (as, vcl); Oliver Nelson (as); Josh Jackson, Reuben Phillips (ts);
Marty Flax (bs); Jimmy Peterson (p); Bill Jennings (el-g); Bob Bushnell
(b); Christopher Columbus (d) [Joe Morris (d)].
a. (W81121-A)
If you're so smart, how come you ain't rich ?
b. (W81122-A) Trust in me
c. (W81123-A) Louisville lodge meeting
d. (W81124-A) How blue can you get ?
e. Happy birthday boogie
New York City:
June 13, 1951
prob. same pers. with Wild Bill Davis (org,vcl) added
f. (W81148-A) May
every day be Christmas
g. (W81149-A) Please don't leave me
h. (W81150-A) Bone dry
i. (W81151-A) I
love that kinda carryin' on
j. (W81152-A) Three handed woman
k. (W81153-A) Fat Sam from Birmingham
New York City:
July 30, 1951
prob. same, Wild Bill Davis out.
l. (W81321-A)
Cock a doodle doo
m. (W81322-A) Garmoochie
n. (W81323-A) There must be a way
New York City:
November 28, 1951
Ermit V. Perry, Aaron Izenhall, Bob Mitchell, Harold "Money" Johnson
(tp); Bob Burgess, Alfred Cobbs (tb); Oliver Nelson (as); Louis
Jordan (as, vcl); Josh Jackson, Irving "Skinny" Brown (ts); Pee Wee
Moore (bs); John Malachi (p); Bill Jennings (el-g); Bob Bushnell
(b); Christopher Columbus (d); Bill Doggett (arr).
o. (W81908-A)
Come on, get it
p. (W81909-A) Stop makin' music
q. (W81910-A) Slow down
r. (W81911-A) Work baby work
New York City:
prob. November 29, 1951
probably Aaron Izenhall, Ermit V. Perry, Bob Mitchell, Harold
"Money" Johnson (tp); Alfred Cobbs, Bob Burgess (tb); Louis Jordan
(as, vcl); Oliver Nelson (as); Josh Jackson, Irving "Skinny" Brown (ts);
Pee Wee Moore (bs); John Malachi (p); Bill Jennings (el-g); Bob
Bushnell (b); Christopher Columbus (d); Martha Davis (vcl); Bill
Doggett (arr).
s. (W81913-A)
All of me
t. (W81914-A) There goes my heart
Issues:
a & d on
Decca 27648 [78]. b & l on Decca 27784 [78]. c & r on Decca
27969 [78]. f & h on Decca 27806 [78]. g & h on Decca 27694
[78]. k on Decca 28983 [78]. n on Decca 28820 [78]. o on Decca
29655 [78]. q on Decca 28088 [78]. s & t on Decca 28335 [78].
Samplers: a-r on Bear Family (G)BCD15557 [CD] titled
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.
DEANIE
BOY PLAYS HOT RHYTHM AND BLUES
Tommy Dean
Chicago: December 20, 1954
Oliver Nelson
(as); Cornelius Tillman (ts); Tommy Dean (p);
Edgar Plaes (b?); Archie Burnside (d).
a. (55-216)
Deanie Boy (aka The Horse)
b. (55-217) Just Be-Fo Joys
add
Joe Buckner (vcl).
c. (55-218) Eventime
d. (55-219) How Can I Let You Go?
Joe Buckner out.
e. (55-220)
Why Don't Chu
Chicago:
February 17, 1955
Oliver
Nelson (as); Tommy Dean (p);
Edgar Plaes (b?); Archie Burnside (d).
f. (55-243)
The Gold Coast
Note: The data for this listing comes from Tom Lord's THE
JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY, however, Archie Burnside, who left Chicago
shortly after these sessions to form his own orchestra in St.
Louis, was not the bassist on these these sessions as Lord
indicates, but the drummer. Edgar Plaes, who Lord credits as the
drummer, probably played bass (detail courtesy of Stephen
Burnside).
Issues:
a & c on
Vee Jay 125 [78]. a (as "The Horse") on Vee-Jay 339 [78]. d & e on Vee-Jay
141 [78]. f on Vee-Jay 218 [78].
Samplers: a & c-f on Charly/Official (E) 6038 titled
DEANIE BOY PLAYS HOT RHYTHM AND BLUES.
DIVERTIMENTO FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Oliver Nelson
St. Louis:
1956
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
(unknown titles)
Issues: None.
SONATA FOR E-FLAT ALTO SAX AND PIANO
Oliver Nelson
1957
a. Sonata For E-flat
Alto Sax And Piano (Oliver Nelson)
i. Drammatico
ii. Largo
iii. With Vigor
Issues: None.
Covers: Recorded in 2006
by Douglas Masek (sax) and Rita Borden (p) on SAXOPHONE
ALTERNATIVES (Centaur CRC 2823 [CD]). Also recorded
in 1995 as "Sonata For Clarinet And Piano" by
Marcus Eley (cl, arr) and Lucerne DeSa (p) on WELCOME HOME
(Arabesque Z-6703 [CD]).
THE
BRILLIANT BELLSON SOUND
Louis Bellson - His Drums And Orchestra
Los Angeles:
August 13, 1959
Guido Basso,
John Audino, Ralph Clark, Fred Thompson (tp); Juan Tizol, Nick
Dimaio, Earl Swope (tb); Joe DeAngelis (fhrn); Herb Geller, Oliver
Nelson (as); George "Big Nick" Nicholas (ts); Aaron Sachs (cl, ts);
George Perry (bs); Ed Diamond (p); Lawrence "Larry" Lucie, Tony
Rizzi (g); Truck Parham (b); Louie Bellson (d); Jack Arnold (vib).
a. (26458)
Drum Foolery
b. (26460) Satin Doll (Ellington)
c. The Hawk Talks
d. You Are My Lucky Star
e. It's Music Time
f. Blast Off
g. Don't Be That Way
h. Summer Night
i. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington/Mills)
j. Speak Low
k. So Long Blues (Bellson)
Issues: a-k on
Verve MG V-2123, Verve MG VS-6093.
MEET OLIVER NELSON
Oliver Nelson featuring
Kenny Dorham
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: October 30, 1959
Kenny Dorham (tp); Oliver Nelson (ts); Ray Bryant
(p); Wendell Marshall (b); Art Taylor (d).
a. (1897) Jams and Jellies
(Oliver Nelson) - 6:59
b. (1898) Ostinato (Oliver Nelson) - 5:27
c. (1899) Passion Flower (Raskin/Strayhorn) - 6:50
d. (1900) Booze Blues Baby (Oliver Nelson) - 6:29
e. (1901) Don't Stand Up (Oliver Nelson) - 3:40
f. (1902) What's New (Haggart/Burke) - 6:50
Issues:
a-f on New Jazz NJ-8224, New Jazz OJCCD-227-2 [CD], JVC (Jap)
VICJ-60681 [CD].
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Jack Maher
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
Oliver Nelson
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: March 22, 1960
Oliver Nelson (as,ts); Lem Winchester (vib); Johnny
"Hammond" Smith (org); George Tucker (b); Roy
Haynes (d).
a. (2088) Doxy
(Sonny Rollins) - 6:56
b. (2089) Groove (Oliver Nelson) - 6:26
c. (2090) All the Way (Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen)
- 7:32
d. (2091) Lou's Good Blues (aka
Lou's Good Dues Blues) (Oliver Nelson) - 6:16
e. (2092) In Time (Oliver Nelson) - 5:30
f. (2093) Trane Whistle (Oliver Nelson) -
9:54
Issues: a-f on New Jazz NJLP8233,
Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1784-2 [CD].
Singles: f on New Jazz
45-507 [45].
Samplers: c also on Prestige PRCD-24226-2
[CD] titled IT'S MAGIC: THE JAZZ
GIANTS PLAY SAMMY CAHN (1999).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Ron Eyre
LEM'S
BEAT
Lem Winchester
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: April 19, 1960
Oliver Nelson (ts,arr); Curtis Peagler (as); Billy Brown (p); Wendell
Marshall (b); Arthur Taylor (d).
a. (2167) Your Last
Chance (Oliver Nelson) - 6:50
same, Billy Brown out.
b. (2168) Friendly
Persuasion (Tiomkin/Webster) - 4:08
same, add Roy Johnson (p).
c. (2169) Lady Day
(Roy Johnson) - 2:51
d. (2170) Just Friends (Lewis/Klenner) - 5:17
e. (2171) Lem & Aide (Oliver Nelson) - 7:58
same, except Billy Brown (p)
replaces Roy Johnson.
f. (2172) Eddy's Dilemma
(Oliver Nelson) - 11:37
Issues: a-f on New Jazz NJLP8239,
Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-1785-2 [CD].
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Chris Albertson
TALK THAT TALK
Johnny "Hammond"
Smith
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
April 22, 1960
Oliver Nelson (ts); Johnny "Hammond" Smith (org); George Tucker (b);
Art Taylor (d); Ray Barretto (cga).
a. (2173) Minors Allowed
(Johnny "Hammond" Smith)
b. (2175) Rip
Tide (Johnny "Hammond" Smith)
c. (2176) Bennie's Diggin' (Johnny "Hammond" Smith)
Note: Other
titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-c on
New Jazz NJ-8241, Prestige PRCD-24151-2 [CD]. a-c also on BGP (E) CDBGPD 061
[CD] titled THAT GOOD FEELIN'/TALK THAT TALK.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
SCREAMIN' THE BLUES
Oliver Nelson Sextet
featuring Eric Dolphy/Richard Williams
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: May 27, 1960
Richard Williams (tp); Eric Dolphy (as); Oliver Nelson (ts); Richard Wyands (p);
George Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
a. (2271) Three Seconds
(Oliver Nelson) - 6:23
same, except Eric Dolphy
(as); Oliver Nelson (as).
b. (2272) Alto-itis
(Oliver Nelson) - 4:58
same, except Eric Dolphy
(as); Oliver Nelson (ts).
c. (2273) The
Meetin' (Oliver Nelson) - 6:41
same, except Eric Dolphy
(as); Oliver Nelson (as).
d. (2274) The Drive
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:47
same, except Eric Dolphy
(as); Oliver Nelson (ts).
e. (2275) March On, March On
(Esmond Edwards) - 4:59
same, except Eric Dolphy
(bass cl); Oliver Nelson (ts).
f. (2276) Screamin' the Blues
(Oliver Nelson) - 10:58
Issues: a-f on New Jazz NJLP8243,
Prestige ST-8324, Esquire (E) 32-148, XTRA (E) 5039 (as by Eric
Dolphy), Prestige (Jap) VICJ23781 [CD], Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-080-2 [CD],
Prestige PRCD-30013-2 [CD], Universal (Jap) UCCO-9190 [CD].
a-f also on Prestige P-24060 titled
IMAGES and
Prestige 9PRCD-4418-2 [CD] titled ERIC DOLPHY - THE COMPLETE
PRESTIGE RECORDINGS.
Singles: f also on New Jazz NJ45-508 [45].
Samplers: a also on WEA
(Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES). b also on Prestige PRCD-24252-2 [CD] titled THE
PRESTIGE LEGACY, VOL. 2: BATTLE OF THE SAXES. e also on
Boplicity BOPM11 titled THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER, New
Jazz OJCCD-3710-2 [CD] titled ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS SAMPLER: NEW JAZZ
and Prestige PRCD-5803-2 BONUS [CD] titled PRESTIGE PROFILES
COLLECTOR'S EDITION VOLUME 3 (a bonus disc to the set titled
PRESTIGE PROFILES - SONNY ROLLINS).
Producer: prob. Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Nat Hentoff
NOCTURNE
Oliver Nelson with Lem
Winchester
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: August 23, 1960
Oliver Nelson (as,ts); Richard
Wyands (p); George Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d); Lem Winchester (vib).
a. (2414) Bob's Blues
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:28
b. (2415) Azure'te (Davis/Wolf) - 5:40
c. (2416) Time After Time (Styne/Cahn) - 7:23
d. (2417) Early Morning (Oliver Nelson) 4:44
same, Lem Winchester out.
e. (2418) Nocturne
(Oliver Nelson) - 3:44
same, add Lem Winchester (vib).
f. (2419) In a Sentimental Mood
(Ellington/Kurtz/Mills) - 6:12
g. (2420) Man With A Horn (DeLange/Jenney/Lake) -
6:05
h. (2421) (Not Used)
Issues: a-g on Moodsville MVLP13,
Moodsville OJCCD-1795-2 [CD].
Singles: b also on
Prestige PR45-269 [45].
Samplers: d also on WEA (Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled
UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Joe Goldberg
SOUL
BATTLE
Oliver Nelson/King
Curtis/Jimmy Forrest
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: September 9, 1960
Oliver Nelson (as,ts); King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest
(ts); Gene Casey (p); George Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes
(d).
a. (2455) Blues at the Five Spot
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:40
b. (2456) Blues For M.F. (Mort Fega) (Oliver
Nelson) - 9:34
c. (2457) Anacruses (Oliver Nelson) - 5:39
d. (2458) Soul Street (Jimmy Forrest) - 9:07
e. (2459) In Passing (Oliver Nelson) - 7:29
f. (2460) Perdido (Tizol/Lengsfelder/Drake) - 9:25
Issues: a-f on
Prestige OJCCD-325-2 [CD]. a-c & e-f on Prestige PR-7223, Esquire
(E) 32-189, Prestige (Jap) VICJ23080 [CD].
Samplers: a also on WEA (Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled
UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES). d on New Jazz NJLP-8293, OJCCD-987-2
[CD] titled SOUL STREET (as by Jimmy Forrest), Prestige
PR-24001, Prestige PCD-2302-2 [CD] titled GIANTS OF THE BLUES AND
FUNK TENOR SAX, Prestige 4PRCD4426-2 [CD] titled THE
PRESTIGE RECORDS STORY and Prestige PRCD-5810-2 BONUS [CD]
titled PRESTIGE PROFILES COLLECTOR'S EDITION VOLUME 10 (a
bonus disc to the set titled PRESTIGE PROFILES - EDDIE "LOCKJAW"
DAVIS). f also on Prestige PR-7712 titled THE BEST OF
JIMMY FORREST.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Tom Wilson
HOLLAR!
Etta Jones
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
September 16, 1960
Etta Jones (vcl) with
Oliver Nelson (ts); Richard Wyands (p); George Duvivier (b); Roy
Haynes (d); Lem Winchester (vib).
a. (2461) The More I See You
b. (2462) They
Can't Take That Away From Me
c. (2467) I've Got It Bad
Note: Other
titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues:
Prestige PR-7284, Prestige OJCCD-1061-2 [CD].
TRANE
WHISTLE
Eddie
"Lockjaw" Davis - Arrangements by Oliver
Nelson and Ernie Wilkins
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: September 20, 1960
Clark Terry, Richard Williams, Bob Bryant (tp); Melba Liston, Jimmy
Cleveland (tb); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts); Jerome Richardson,
George Barrow (ts,f); Oliver Nelson (as,arr); Eric Dolphy (as); Bob
Ashton (bs); Richard Wyands (p); Wendell Marshall (b); Roy Haynes (d).
a. (2498) Walk Away (Oliver
Nelson) - 5:24
b. (2499) Trane Whistle (Oliver Nelson) - 6:16
c. (2500) Whole Nelson (Oliver Nelson) - 3:32
d. (2501) The Stolen Moment (aka Stolen Moments)
(Oliver Nelson) - 7:51
Note: Other
titles ("You Are Too Beautiful" and "Jaws")
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-d on Prestige P7206, OJCCD-429-2 [CD].
a-d also on Prestige PRST-7834 titled STOLEN MOMENTS.
Samplers: b also on
Prestige PRCD-5810-2 [CD] titled PRESTIGE PROFILES - EDDIE
"LOCKJAW" DAVIS. b & d also on WEA
(Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES) (as by Oliver Nelson).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Joe Goldberg
WOODWIND QUINTET
Oliver Nelson
1960
(unknown titles)
Issues: None
I
DIG DANCERS
Quincy Jones
Bell Sound Studios,
New York City:
October 19, 1960
Benny Bailey,
Clyde Reasinger, Freddie Hubbard, Jerry Kail (tp); Melba Liston, Curtis
Fuller, Quentin Jackson, Wayne Andre (tb); Phil Woods, Joe Lopes (as);
Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson (ts); Sahib Shihab (bs); Patti Bown
(p); Les Spann (g, f); Buddy Catlett (b); Stu Martin (d); Billy Byers (arr); Quincy Jones (cond).
a. (20570-10)
(PB 3766) G'wan
Train (short version)
b. (20571-8) (PB 3766) G'wan Train (long version)
(Patti Bown) - 6:20
same, except Quincy Jones (arr,
cond).
c. (20572-3)
(PB 3767) You Turned The Tables On Me
(Louis Atler/
Sidney Mitchell) - 2:30
d. (20573-6) (PB 3768) Tone Poem
(Melba Liston) - 3:40
e. (20578-2) (PB 3773) Pleasingly Plump
(Quincy Jones) - 2:15
Note: Other titles
without
Oliver Nelson.
Issues:
b, c, d & e on
Mercury MG-20612 (mono), Mercury SR-60612 (stereo), Mercury (JAP)
BT-1303.
Singles: a & e also on Mercury 71737 [45].
Samplers:
a-e on Mosaic MD5-237 [CD] titled THE QUINCY JONES ABC/MERCURY
BIG BAND JAZZ SESSIONS. a also on
Mercury
(Jap)195-J30, Mercury 822611-2 [CD] titled THE BIRTH OF A BAND
VOLUME 2 and Verve
0694906672
[CD] titled QUINCY JONES'S FINEST
HOUR. a & e also on Mercury (F) MLP-7197.
Engineer: Bill MacMeekin
Notes: Dorothy Kilgallen
THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT
TRUTH
Oliver Nelson
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: February 23, 1961
Freddie Hubbard (tp); Oliver Nelson (ts,as,arr);
Eric Dolphy (as,f); George Barrow (bs); Bill Evans (p);
Paul Chambers (b); Roy Haynes (d).
a. Stolen Moments (aka
The Stolen Moment) (Oliver Nelson) - 8:45
b. Hoe-Down (Oliver Nelson) - 4:42
c. Cascades (Oliver Nelson) - 5:31
d. Butch and Butch (Oliver Nelson) -
4:35
same, Freddie Hubbard,
George Barrow out.
e. Teenie's Blues (Oliver Nelson) - 6:34
same, add Freddie Hubbard (tp);
George Barrow (bs).
f. Yearnin' (Oliver Nelson) - 6:23
Note: (1) The striking
cover art by photographer Pete Turner was used on the initial issue
of this recording (Impulse A-5) and the 1995 American CD reissue
(Impulse IMPD-154 [CD]). Alternative cover art, featuring a profile
of Oliver Nelson, was used for the stereo reissue of the LP (Impulse
AS-5) and the mid-1980s American CD reissue (MCA/Impulse MCAD-5659
[CD]). (2) Impulse AS- 5 was issued in August 2003 by Speakers Corner Records (Germany)
as a 180 gram heavy vinyl audiophile LP.
Issues: a-f on
Impulse A(S)5, Impulse IA-9335/2, MCA/Impulse MCAD-5659 [CD], Impulse IMPD-154
[CD], Impulse B0009781-02 [CD], Impulse (Jap) MVCJ19039 [CD], HMV(E)CLP1528,
CSD1422, (EU)IMPL8014, La Voce del Padrone
(I)QEIP8040, QSPQ6263, (I)5027, MCA-29013,
(J)YP-8501-AI, Impulse (Jap) VIM-4646, Impulse (Jap ) VIM-5561, (J)VIM-5648,
Jasmine (E)JAS20, MCA MCA2-4148, Philips (G)P632061L, Impulse AS-9237-2,
FM-034, ASD-9228-3,
ASY-9248-3, (NL)EPIM5543, Impulse IMP11542 [CD], Impulse (Jap) MVC-123029 [CD], CTI PDCTI
1122-2 [CD], MCA (Eu)2292-54631-2 [CD], Impulse (Jap) UCCI-9030
[CD], Impulse (Jap) UCCU-5044 [CD], Impulse (Jap) UCCU-9544 [CD],
Universal (Jap) UCCU-9471 [CD].
Singles: e & d also on Impulse (Du) EPIM 5543 [EP].
Samplers: a-f also on Impulse IA-9335/2 titled
THREE
DIMENSIONS: THE DEDICATION SERIES/VOLUME III. a also
on Impulse GRD-2-101 [CD] titled IMPULSE! JAZZ--A 30-YEAR CELEBRATION, IMPULSE
IMPD-8881 [CD] titled CAN YOU DIG IT?,
Impulse GRP11512 [CD] titled RED HOT ON IMPULSE, Impulse IMPD-230 [CD] titled THE ROOTS OF ACID JAZZ, MCA MCAD-8026 [CD] titled THE IMPULSE! COLLECTION: THE BEST OF
IMPULSE VOLUME 1,
Universal (Jap) POCE-3013
[CD] titled RESORT+MUSIC:
PACIFIC
ISLANDS, Franklin Mint 33-36 titled GREAT ARRANGERS AND COMPOSERS, Universal (Jap)
UCCU-1030 [CD] titled PREMIUM JAZZ, Universal (Jap)
UCCU-9045 [CD] titled JAZZ FOR SALE - IMPULSE, Brushfire
2-48985 [CD] titled SPROUT - THE SOUNDTRACK, Impulse
B0005282-02 [CD] titled IMPULSIVE! UNMIXED, Impulse
B0006680-02 [CD] titled THE HOUSE THAT TRANE BUILT: THE STORY OF
IMPULSE RECORDS and Impulse
B0006744-02 [CD] titled THE HOUSE THAT TRANE BUILT: THE BEST OF
IMPULSE RECORDS. a
(remixed by Telefon Tel-Aviv) also on Impulse B0004966-02 [CD]
titled IMPULSIVE! REVOLUTIONARY JAZZ REWORKED and Pier 1
Imports B0006931-02 [CD] titled COCKTAILS. b also on
Verve (Eu) 2615 044 titled HISTORY
OF JAZZ. a-c also on Impulse A(S)9237/2 titled REEVALUATION:
THE IMPULSE YEARS (as by Freddie Hubbard). c also on Impulse (E)
5604012 [CD] titled THE IMPULSE ALBUM (issued 2000). e also on Impulse ASY-9284-3
titled THE BASS and Impulse ASD-9228 titled ENERGY ESSENTIALS.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Oliver Nelson
AFRICAN
WALTZ
Cannonball Adderley and his Orchestra
New York City:
February 28, 1961
Nat Adderley (cnt);
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (tp); Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise,
George Matthews, Arnette Sparrow (tb); Don Butterfield (tu); George
Dorsey (f, as); Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson (f, ts); Julian
"Cannonball" Adderley (as); Arthur Clarke (bs); Wynton Kelly (p); Sam
Jones (b); Charlie Persip (d); Michael Olatunji (cga); Ernie Wilkins (arr,cond).
a. African
Waltz (McDerrmott/Mitchell/Sachs)
b. (-1) Kelly Blue (Wynton Kelly)
c. (-5) Kelly Blue (Wynton
Kelly)
New
York City: May 9, 1961
Nat
Adderley (cnt); Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (tp); Jimmy
Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston (tb); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb);
Don Butterfield (tu); George Dorsey (f, as); Oliver Nelson, Jerome
Richardson (f, ts); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); Arthur Clarke
(bs); Wynton Kelly (p); Sam Jones (b); Louis Hayes (d); Ernie
Wilkins (arr,cond).
d. Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes (Kern/Harbach)
add Ray Barretto (cga).
e. West
Coast Blues (Wes Montgomery)
f. Letter From Home (Junior Mance)
Oliver Nelson (ts solo).
g. Blue Brass Groove
(Nat Adderley)
Charlie Persip
(d) replaces Louis Hayes.
h. Something
Different (Chuck Mangione)
New
York City: May 15, 1961
Nat
Adderley (cnt); Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (tp); Jimmy
Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston (tb); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb,
arr); Don Butterfield (tu); George Dorsey (f, as); Oliver Nelson,
Jerome Richardson (f, ts); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); Arthur
Clarke (bs); Wynton Kelly (p); Sam Jones (b); Charlie Persip (d).
i. I'll
Close My Eyes (Kaye/Ried)
j. Stockholm Sweetnin' (Quincy Jones)
same, except
Ernie Wilkins (arr,cond).
k. The
Uptown
(Junior Mance)
Note: It is not known
whether Oliver Nelson participates on one title ("This Here")
recorded on June 25, 1962, and issued on
Riverside RLP-9377.
Issues: a,
b & d-k on Riverside
RLP-9377, Original Jazz Classics OJC-258-1, Riverside OJC OJCCD-258-2 [CD].
a, b & d-k on Milestone M-47059 titled ALABAMA/AFRICA.
Singles: a & c on Riverside 45-457 [45]. h & k on
Riverside R-4501 [45].
Samplers:
a also on
Riverside REP3170, Riverside RLP9416, Riverside DeLuxe RLP416,
Riverside R-5035, Fontana (Eu) STL-627, Fontana (Eu) 4RCD-4422-2
[CD], Milestone MCD-9275-2 [CD], Warner 20379-2 [CD], Giants of
Jazz (It) CD53132 [CD]. b also on Riverside REP3170, Milestone
M-47059. d also on Riverside
SR-3015. e-h also on Riverside REP3210. g also on Riverside
R-4528 and Giants of Jazz (It)CD53132 [CD]. h also on BGP
BGP1005. h & k also on Riverside R-4501. k also on Fontana
(Eu)SET505 and Fontana 688703.
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Engineer: Ray Fowler
Notes: Orrin Keepnews
STRAIGHT AHEAD
Oliver Nelson with Eric
Dolphy
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: March 1, 1961
Oliver Nelson (as); Eric Dolphy (as); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
a. (2899) Six and Four
(Oliver Nelson) - 7:14
Oliver Nelson (as); Eric Dolphy
(as,f); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
b. (2900) Mama Lou
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:01
Oliver Nelson (as); Eric Dolphy
(bass cl); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
c. (2901) Images
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:43
Oliver Nelson (cl,ts); Eric Dolphy
(bass cl); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
d. (2902) Ralph's New Blues
(Milt Jackson) - 9:52
Oliver Nelson (as); Eric Dolphy
(bass cl); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
e. (2903) 111-44
(Oliver Nelson) - 3:26
Oliver Nelson (as); Eric Dolphy
(as); Richard Wyands (p); George
Duvivier (b); Roy Haynes (d).
f. (2904) Straight Ahead
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:32
Issues: a-f on New Jazz NJLP8255,
New Jazz OJCCD-099-2 [CD], Prestige (Jap) SMJ-6506 and Prestige (Jap) VICJ-23637
[CD], Prestige (Jap) VICJ-41809 [CD].
a-f also on Prestige P-24060 titled
IMAGES and
Prestige 9PRCD-4418-2 [CD] titled ERIC DOLPHY - THE COMPLETE
PRESTIGE RECORDINGS.
Samplers: a & c also on WEA (Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled
UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Joe Goldberg
SOUL
BURNIN'
Red Garland
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
March 16, 1961
Richard Williams (tp);
Oliver Nelson (as, ts); Red Garland (p); Peck Morrison (b); Charlie
Persip (d).
a. (2928) On Green Dolphin Street
b. (2930) If You Could See Me Now
Note: Other
titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a
& b on Prestige
PR-7307, Prestige
P-24090, Prestige (Jap) WJC-7307,
Prestige OJCCD-921-2 [CD].
Samplers: a also on Prestige PRCD-5702-2 [CD] titled
THE BEST OF THE RED GARLAND QUARTETS and Prestige
PRCD-5802-2 [CD] titled PRESTIGE PROFILES - THE RED GARLAND
QUINTETS.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
REDISCOVERED MASTERS,
VOL. 2
Red Garland
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
March 16, 1961
Richard Williams (tp);
Oliver Nelson (as, ts); Red Garland (p); Peck Morrison (b); Charlie
Persip (d).
a. (2926) Soft Winds
b. (2927) Avalon
c. (2929) Skinny's Blues
Note: Other
titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a, b &
c on
Prestige P-24078,
Prestige OJCCD-769-2 [CD].
Samplers: a also on Prestige PRCD-5702-2 [CD] titled
THE BEST OF THE RED GARLAND QUARTETS and Prestige
PRCD-5802-2 [CD] titled PRESTIGE PROFILES - THE RED GARLAND
QUINTETS.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
PARIS
BLUES
Duke Ellington featuring
Louis Armstrong
New York City:
May 1-3, 1961
Willie Cook, Ed
Mullens, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry (tp); Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl); Britt
Woodman, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Murray McEachern, Lou Blackburn (tb);
Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts); Russell Procope (as, cl); Johnny Hodges, Oliver
Nelson (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Babe Clark (ts, cl); Harry Carney
(bar, cl , b-cl); Harry Smiles (oboe); Les Spann (f, g); Duke Ellington
(p); Aaron Bell (b); Jimmy Johnson, Sonny Greer, Max Roach, Dave
Jackson, Philly Joe Jones (d); Lawrence Brown (cond).
a. Nite
b. Nite
c. (unknown title)
d. Paris Blues
e. Autumnal Suite
f. Autumnal Suite
g. Birdie Jungle
h. Birdie Jungle
i. Paris Stairs
j. Paris Stairs
k. Paris Stairs
l. Autumnal Suite
m. Paris Blues
n.
Paris Blues
Note: Other
titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a, e, g,
i & m on
United Artists UAL-4092,
United
Artists UAL-4092, United Artists UAS-5092, United Artists
UALA274-G, United Artists (Jap) SJET-7042, HMV (E) CLP-1499,
Rykodisc RCD-10713 [CD].
Samplers: m also on Rykodisc VRCD 0701 [CD] titled MGM
AND RYKODISC PRESENT SNEAK PREVIEW - THE SEQUEL.
SO
WARM
Etta Jones and Strings
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: June 9, 1961
Etta
Jones (vcl) acc by Joe Singer, Richard Berg (fhr); Mal Waldron (p);
George Duvivier (b); Bill English (d) + strings, Oliver Nelson (arr,cond).
a. (3075) All
My Life
b. (3076) If You Were Mine
c. (3077) You Don't Know What Love Is
d. (3078) I Wish I Didn't Love You So
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: July 25, 1961
Etta
Jones (vcl) acc by Ray Alonge (fhr); Arthur "Babe" Clarke, Jerome
Richardson, Phil Bodner, Eric Dixon (reeds); George Duvivier (b);
Charlie Persip (d) + strings, Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
e. (3166)
You Better Go Now
f. (3167) I Laughed At Love
g. (3168) Can You Look Me In The Eyes
h. (3169) And This Is My Beloved
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: July 28, 1961
same.
i. (3173)
I'm Through With Love
j. (3174) Hurry Home
k. (3175) Unchained Melody
l. (3176) How Deep Is The Ocean ?
Issues:
Prestige PR-7204, Prestige OJCCD-0874-2 [CD].
Singles: k & j on Prestige 45-205 [45].
Samplers: b also on Prestige PR-7443 titled GREATEST HITS.
j & k also on Prestige PRCD-11021-2 [CD] titled THE BEST OF ETTA
JONES: THE PRESTIGE SINGLES.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
LATE HOUR SPECIAL
Gene Ammons
June 13, 1961
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
June 13, 1961
Hobart Dotson,
Clark Terry (tp); Oliver Nelson (as, arr, cond); Gene Ammons, George
Barrow, Red Holloway (ts); Bob Ashton (bs); Richard Wyands (p);
Wendell Marshall (b); Bill English (d); Ray Barretto (cga).
a. (3079) Things
Ain't What They Used To Be (Ellington/Persons)
b. (3080) Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson/Kahn)
c. (3081) I Want To Be Loved (But By Only You) (Savannah
Churchill)
d. (3082) Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere/Young)
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-d on Prestige
PR-7287, Prestige OJCCD-942-2 [CD].
Singles: c also on Prestige 45-319 [45].
Samplers: c also on Prestige PRCD-24155-2 [CD] titled
GENTLE JUG, VOLUME 2.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
SOUL
SUMMIT, VOL. 2
(aka SOUL SUMMIT)
Gene Ammons
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
June 13, 1961
Hobart Dotson,
Clark Terry (tp); Oliver Nelson (as, arr, cond); Gene Ammons, George
Barrow, Red Holloway (ts); Bob Ashton (bs); Richard Wyands (p);
Wendell Marshall (b); Bill English (d); Ray Barretto (cga).
a.
(3083) Too Marvelous For Words
b. (3084) Love, I've Found You
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a & b on Prestige
PR-7275 titled SOUL SUMMIT, VOL. 2 and Prestige PRCD-24118-2 [CD]
titled SOUL SUMMIT.
Singles: b also on
Prestige 45-294 [45].
Samplers: b also on Prestige PRCD-24155-2 [CD] titled
GENTLE JUG, VOLUME 2.
VELVET
SOUL
aka A STRANGER IN TOWN
Gene Ammons
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
June 13, 1961
Hobart Dotson,
Clark Terry (tp); Oliver Nelson (as, arr, cond); Gene Ammons, George
Barrow, Red Holloway (ts); Bob Ashton (bs); Richard Wyands (p);
Wendell Marshall (b); Bill English (d); Ray Barretto (cga).
a. (3085) The
Song Is You
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a on Prestige
PR-7320 titled VELVET SOUL and Prestige PRCD-24266-2 [CD]
titled A STRANGER IN TOWN.
THESE
DUES
Clea Bradford
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
June 21, 1961
Clea Bradford (vcl)
acc by Clark Terry (tp); Oliver Nelson (ts); Patti Bown (p); Chauncey
"Lord" Westbrook (g); George Duvivier (b); Bill English (d).
a. (3092)
This Can't Be Love
b. (3093) If You But Knew
c. (3094) They Can't Take That Away From Me
d. (3095) This Love Of Mine
e. (3096) Somebody Loves Me
f. (3097) Willow Weep For Me
g. (3098) Skylark
h. (3099) These Dues
i. (3100) I'll Never Stop Loving You
j. (3101)
I Cried For You
Issues: a-i on
Tru Sound TRU-15005 titled THESE DUES, Prestige 8320 titled
CLEA BRADFORD WITH OLIVER NELSON & CLARK TERRY and Status ST-8320 titled
CLEA BRADFORD WITH CLARK TERRY.
JOE
NEWMAN QUINTET AT COUNT BASIE'S
Joe Newman Quintet
Live at "Count Basie's", New York City:
1961
Joe Newman (tp);
Oliver Nelson (ts); Lloyd Mayers (p); Art Davis (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d).
a. (24341) Take The
"A" Train
b. (24342) There Is No Greater Love
c. (24343) On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislau Kaper/Ned
Washington) - 5:52
d. (24344) Cuein' The Blues
e. (24345) Song Of The Soul
f. (24346) Love Is Here To Stay (Ira Gershwin/George
Gershwin) - 4:33
g. (24347) The Midgets (Joe Newman) - 4:18
h. (24348) Wednesday's Blues (Joe Newman) - 8:10
i. (24349) Misty
j. (24350) Bird Song
k. (24351) Two For One
l. (24352) Cute
m. (24353) Someone To Love (Bob Warren0 - 5:46
n. (24354) Caravan (Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington/irving
Mills) - 9:45
o. (24355) Cutin' Out
Issues: c, f, g,
h, m & n on Mercury MG-20696 (mono), Mercury SR-60696 (stereo), Trip TLP-5546,
Verve (Eu) 0075021034808 [CD], Mercury (Jap) BT-1305, Universal
(Jap) UCCM-9127 [CD]. c, f, g, h, j, l, m & n on EmArcy (Jap)
195J-10105 titled JOE NEWMAN QUINTET AT COUNT BASIE'S.
BLUE
SEVEN
Shirley Scott with Oliver Nelson and Joe Newman
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: August 22, 1961
Joe Newman (tp); Oliver Nelson (ts); Shirley Scott (org); George Tucker
(b); Roy Brooks (d).
a. (3177) Blue
Seven
(Sonny Rollins) - 6:45
b. (3179) Give Me The Simple Life (Bloom/Rudy) -
5:36
c. (3180) Wagon Wheels (DeRose/Hill) - 12:09
d. (3181) Don't Worry 'Bout It Baby, Here I Am
(Shirley Scott) - 6:40
e. (3182) Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
(Silvers/Van Heusen) - 5:28
Note: One other
title without Oliver Nelson.
Issues:
a-e on
Prestige PR-7376. a-e also on Prestige OJCCD-1050-2 [CD] titled
BLUE SEVEN.
Singles: a also on Prestige 45-421 [45].
Samplers: a also on
Prestige PRCD-11027-2 [CD] titled QUEEN OF THE ORGAN: MEMORIAL
ALBUM.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Bob Porter
MAIN
STEM
Oliver Nelson with Joe
Newman
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: August 25, 1961
Joe Newman (tp); Oliver Nelson (as,ts); Hank Jones
(p); George Duvivier (b); Charlie Persip (d); Ray
Barretto (cga).
a. (3183) Latino (Oliver
Nelson) - 6:06
b. (3184) J & B (Oliver Nelson) - 5:45
c. (3185) Ho! (Oliver Nelson) - 4:30
d. (3186) Tipsy (Oliver Nelson) - 5:15
e. (3187) Tangerine (Mercer/Schertzinger) - 7:00
f. (3188) Main Stem (Duke Ellington) - 6:48
Issues:
Prestige PR(PRST)-7236, Prestige OJCCD-1803-2 [CD].
Singles: f also on
Prestige PR45-202 [45].
Samplers: a also on WEA (Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled
UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Elliot F. Mazer
AFRO/AMERICAN SKETCHES
Oliver Nelson Orchestra
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: September 29, 1961
Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Jerry Kail, Joe Wilder (tp);
Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Paul Fualise (tb); Julius
Watkins, Ray Alonge, Jimmy Buffington (frh); Oliver
Nelson (comp,as,ts,arr,cond); Jerry Dodgion (as,f); Bob
Ashton (f,ts,cl); Don Butterfield (tu); Charles
McCracken, Peter Makis (cello); Art Davis (b); Ed
Shaughnessy (d); Ray Barretto (bgo,cga).
a. (3227) Message
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:50
b. (3228) There's a Yearnin' (Oliver Nelson) -
4:20
c. (3229) Jungleaire
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
September 29, 1961
Watkins, Alonge, Buffington out. Add Eric Dixon
(ts,f); Arthur "Babe" Clark (cl,bs); Patti Bown
(p)
d. (3230) Disillusioned
(Oliver Nelson) - 5:30
e. (3231) Freedom Dance (Oliver Nelson) - 4:39
f. (3232) Emancipation Blues (Oliver Nelson) - 8:10
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
November 10, 1961
Clyde Reasinger, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman (tp); Melba
Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise (tb); Don Butterfield
(tu); Oliver Nelson (comp,as,ts,arr,cond); Eric Dixon
(ts,f); Art Davis (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Ray Barretto (cga,bgo).
g. (3260) Going Up North
(Oliver Nelson) - 6:08
h. (3261) Jungleaire (Oliver Nelson) - 6:25
Issues: a, b &
d-h on Prestige PR-7225,
Prestige (Jap) LPJ-40017, Prestige OJCCD-1819-2 [CD].
Singles: f also on
Prestige PR45-213 [45]. g also on Prestige PR45-269 [45].
Samplers: b & h also on WEA
(Fr) 3984-20383-2 [CD] titled UN VÉRITABLE ARCHITECTE: SAXOPHONISTE, COMPOSITEUR ET ARRANGEUR (aka LES
INCONTOURNABLES).
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineers: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Oliver Nelson
THE JAZZ VERSION OF "HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY
TRYING"
The Gary McFarland Orchestra
New York City; November 8, 1961
Doc Severinsen, Bernie Glow, Herb Pomeroy, Clark
Terry (tp); Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Billy Byers
(tb); Ed Wasserman (cl); Phil Woods (as); Al Cohn, Oliver
Nelson (ts); Sol Schlinger (bs); Hank Jones (p); Jim Hall
(g); George Duvivier (b); Mel Lewis (d); Gary McFarland
(arr,cond).
a. (61VK503) Love from a Heart
of Gold (Frank Loesser) - 3:30
b. (61VK506) Grand Old Ivy Part II (Frank Loesser)
- 3:45
New York City; November 14, 1961
Doc Severinsen, Joe Newman, Herb Pomeroy, Clark Terry
(tp); Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Billy Byers (tb); Ed
Wasserman (cl); Phil Woods (as); Al Cohn, Oliver Nelson
(ts); Sol Schlinger (bs); Hank Jones (p); Kenny Burrell
(g); Joe Benjamin (b); Osie Johnson (d); Gary McFarland
(vib,arr,cond).
c. (61VK499) How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying
(Frank Loesser) - 6:11
d. (61VK500) Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm (Frank
Loesser) - 4:27
e. (61VK501) Grand Old Ivy (Frank Loesser) - 3:45
New York City; November 15, 1961
Doc Severinsen, Bernie Glow, Herb Pomeroy, Clark
Terry (tp); Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Billy Byers
(tb); Ed Wasserman (cl); Phil Woods (as); Al Cohn, Oliver
Nelson (ts); Sol Schlinger (bs); Hank Jones (p); Jim Hall
(g); George Duvivier (b); Mel Lewis (d); Gary McFarland
(arr,cond).
f. (61VK502) Paris Original
(Frank Loesser) - 3:50
g. (61VK504) I Believe in You (Frank Loesser) -
6:03
h. (61VK505) Brotherhood of Man (Frank Loesser) -
5:17
Issues: a-h on Verve V/V6-8443, Polygram (Jap)
POCJ-2373 [CD]. a-h also on Verve (Fr) 3712 titled COMMENT
REUSSIR DANS LES AFFAIRES SANS VRAIMENT SE FATIGUER. a-h also on
Verve 314 527 658-2 [CD] titled GARY McFARLAND * HOW TO SUCCEED IN
BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING/BOB BROOKMEYER * GLOOMY SUNDAY AND
OTHER BRIGHT MOMENTS.
Singles: c & h also on Verve VK-10272 [45].
Samplers: h also on The Franklin Mint Record Society
93-94-95-96 titled THE GREATEST JAZZ RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME: BIG
BAND JAZZ.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Notes: Martin Williams (Verve V/V6-8443), Bill Kirchner
(Verve 324 527 658-2 [CD]).
IT'S THE BLUES MAN
Eddie "Blues Man"
Kirkland
New York
City: December 8, 1961
Eddie Kirkland (vcl, g) acc by King Curtis, Oliver Nelson (ts); Herman
Foster (p); Billy Butler (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d).
a. (3301) I
Tried
b. (3302) Man Of Stone
c. (3303) Chill Me Baby (aka Oh Baby Please (?))
same, Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g, hca).
d. (3304)
Train Done Gone
e. (3305) I'm Goin' To Keep Lovin' You
same, Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g).
f.
(3306) Something's
Gone Wrong In My Life
g. (3307) Baby, You Know It's True
New York City:
March 9, 1962
Eddie Kirkland (g) acc by King Curtis, Oliver Nelson (ts); George Stubbs
(p); Billy Butler (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d).
h. (3423)
Saturday Night Stomp
Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g) acc by George Stubbs
(p); Billy Butler (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d).
i. (3424)
I'm Gonna Forget You
Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g) acc by
Billy Butler (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d).
j. (3425)
Down On My Knees
Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g) acc by King Curtis, Oliver Nelson (ts); Billy Butler (g);
Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d).
k. (3426)
Don't Take My Heart
Eddie Kirkland (vcl,
g) acc by King Curtis, Oliver Nelson (ts); George Stubbs
(p); Billy Butler (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Frank Shea (d); Elise Shoulder (vcl).
l. (3427)
Daddy Please Don't Cry
Elise Shoulder
out.
m. (3428)
Have Mercy On Me
Issues:
a, b & d-m on
Tru Sound TRU-15010,
OBC 513. a-m on Tru Sound OBCCD-513-2 [CD].
a, b & d-m on
Vogue (F) SLVLP-513
titled
ANTHOLOGIE DU BLUES VOL. 10.
Singles: d & f on
Tru-Sound 409 [45].
c & m on Prestige 45-316 [45].
Producer: Esmond Edwards.
FREE
SPIRITS
Chris Connor
New York City:
December 11, 1961
Chris Connor (vcl)
acc by Joe Newman (tp); Clark Terry (tp, flhrn); Phil Woods (as, cl);
Oliver Nelson (ts, cl); Sol Schlinger (bs); Ronnie Ball (p); Ben Tucker
(b); Dave Bailey (d); Al Cohn (arr, cond).
a.(5857)
Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) - 3:17
b. (5858) I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Peggy
Lee/Duke Ellington) - 2:50
c. (5859) Opportunity Please Knock (Oscar
Brown, Jr.) - 3:09
d. (5860) Nobody's Business
New York City:
April 9, 1962
Chris Connor (vcl) acc by Joe Newman, Clark Terry (tp); Phil Woods (cl,as);
Oliver Nelson (cl,ts); Sol Schlinger (bs, b-cl); Ronnie Ball (p);
George Duvivier (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Al Cohn (arr, cond).
e. (6094)
Milano (John
Lewis/Margo Guryan) - 3:19
f. (6095) Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington/Sid Kuller/Paul
Webster) - 2:45
g. (6096) God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday/Arthur
Herzog Jr.) - 2:59
h. (6097) Lonely Woman (Ornette
Coleman/Margo Guryan) - 4:18
New York City:
April 30, 1962
Chris Connor (vcl) acc by Joe Newman, Irving "Marky"
Markowitz (tp);
Phil Woods (cl,as); Oliver Nelson (cl,ts); Sol Schlinger (bs, b-cl);
Ronnie Ball (p); George Duvivier (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Al Cohn (arr,
cond).
i.
(6186) Kansas City (Jerry
Leiber/Mike Stoller) - 3:52
j. (6187) Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee) - 2:25
k. (6188) Night Bird (Al
Cohn/Kitty Malone) - 3:17
l. (6189) Day Dream (Duke
Ellington/John LaTouche/Billy Strayhorn) - 3:00
Issues:
a-c & e-l on
Atlantic 8061, Collectables COL-CD-6521 [CD].
Samplers: h on
Atlantic 7 81706-1, Atlantic 7 81706-2
[CD] titled ATLANTIC JAZZ SINGERS.
THE QUINTESSENCE
Quincy Jones and his
Orchestra
Capitol Studios, New York City: December 18, 1961
Thad Jones,
Al De Risi, Freddie Hubbard, Snooky Young (tp); Rod Levitt, Melba
Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise (tb); Julius Watkins (fhrn); Phil
Woods, Frank Wess (as);
Oliver
Nelson (ts);
Eric Dixon
(ts, cl); Jerome Richardson (bs); Patti Bown (p); Milt Hinton (b); Bill English (d); Quincy Jones (arr, cond).
a. (10671) Hard Sock
Dance
(Quincy Jones)
b. (10672) Little Karen
(Quincy Jones)
c. (10667) Robot Portrait (Quincy
Jones)
Capitol Studios, New York City: December 22, 1961
Snooky
Young, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (tp); Melba Liston,
Curtis Fuller, Paul Faulise, Tom Mitchell, Billy Byers (tb); Julius
Watkins, Jimmy Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge (fhrn); Harvey
Phillips (tu); Phil Woods (as);
Oliver Nelson (ts);
Jerome Richardson (bs, alto f); Patti Bown (p); Milt Hinton (b);
Jimmy Johnson (d);
Gloria Agostini (harp); Quincy Jones (arr,cond).
d. (10671)
Quintessence (Quincy Jones)
e. (10672) Invitation (Quincy Jones)
f.
(10673)
Straight No Chaser (Thelonius Monk)
Note:
Other titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-f on
Impulse A(S)11, I56, Impulse AS-9342/2, Jasmine (E) JAS-79, MCA Impulse
MCAD-5728 [CD], Impulse B0009782-02 [CD],
Impulse (Eu) 06025
1744817 9 [CD],
Impulse (Jap) IMP-88101, Impulse (Jap) YX-8556, Impulse
(Jap) YP-8556, Impulse (Jap) VIM-5548, Impulse (Jap) VIM-5625, Impulse
(Jap) P-5927, Impulse (Jap) 32 XD-624 [CD], Impulse (Jap) MVCZ-66 [CD],
Impulse (Jap) MVCI-23032 [CD], Impulse IMPD-222 [CD], Impulse (Jap)
UCCI-9033 [CD]. a-f also on Mosaic MD5-237 [CD] titled THE QUINCY
JONES ABC/MERCURY BIG BAND JAZZ SESSIONS.
Samplers: a, d, e & f also on Verve (Ger) 06024 9841791
[CD] titled QUINCY JONES - SWINGING THE BIG BAND.
SATAN IN HIGH HEELS
Mundell Lowe
New York City:
December 22, 1961
Ernie Royal,
Carl "Doc" Severinsen, Bernie Glow, Clark Terry (tp); Jimmy
Cleveland, Buster Cooper (b-tb); Walt Levinsky (cl, as); Phil Woods
(as); Oliver Nelson, Al Cohn (ts); Gene Allen (bs); Eddie Costa (p,
vib); Mundell Lowe, Barry Galbraith (g); George Duvivier (b); Ed
Shaughnessy (d).
a. Satan In
High Heels (Mundell Lowe)
b. East Side Drive
(Mundell Lowe)
c. Coffee, Coffee
(Mundell Lowe)
d. The Long Knife
(Mundell Lowe)
e. Blues For a Stripper (Mundell Lowe)
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-e on Charlie Parker
PLP-406, Egmont AJS-11, Collectables COL-5796 [CD]. a-e on also on
Charlie Parker 822 titled BLUES FOR A STRIPPER.
Samplers: a-c on
Pathe Marconi
(F) 2C062-95823 and Archives of Jazz AJ508.
Producer: Aubrey Mayhew
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Notes: Eliot Tiegel
DIRGE FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Oliver Nelson
1961
(unknown titles)
Note: This
concert work was probably adapted to the "Dirge" included on the
IMPRESSIONS OF PHAEDRA
album.
Issues: None
JAZZ GOES TO THE MOVIES
Manny Albam
New York City:
January 12, 1962
Bernie Glow, Al
DeRisi, Nick Travis, Johnny Coles (tp); Urbie Green, Bill Elton, Alan
Raph, Willie Dennis (tb); Phil Woods (as); Oliver Nelson (ts); Jim Hall
(g); George Duvivier (b); Gus Johnson (d); Manny Albam (arr, cond).
a. (10690)
Blues Company
add George
Devens (vib) .
b. (10691)
Steam Shuffle
c. (10692) El Cid (Miklos Rozsa) - 2:25
d. (10693) Moon River
New York City:
January 25, 1962
John Bello, Joe Newman, Al DeRisi, Johnny Coles (tp); Wayne Andre,
Willie Dennis, Alan Raph (tb); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb); Phil Woods,
Gene Quill (as); Oliver Nelson, Frank Socolow (ts); Gene Allen (bs);
Eddie Costa (p, vib); Jim Hall (g); Bill Crow (b); Gus Johnson (d);
Manny Albam (arr, cond).
e. (10719)
Exodus (Ernest Gold) - 5:10
f. (10720) Majority Of One (Max Steiner) - 2:05
g. (10721) Green Leaves Of Summer (D. Tiomkin/P.F.
Webster) - 5:56
h. (10722) Paris Blues (Duke Ellington) - 2:42
New York City:
February 12, 1962
Clark Terry (tp, flhrn); Nick Travis (tp); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb);
Julius Watkins (fhrn); Harvey Phillips (tu); Gene Quill (as); Oliver
Nelson (ts); Gene Allen (bs); Eddie Costa (p, vib); Jimmy Raney (g);
Bill Crow (b); Gus Johnson (d); Manny Albam (arr, cond).
i.
(10771) High Noon (D. Tiomkin/Ned Washington) - 2:44
j. (10772) La Dolce Vita (Nino Rota) - 2:40
k. (10773) Slowly (David Raksin/Kermit Goell) - 4:53
Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb
solo);
Oliver
Nelson (ts solo).
l. (107740 The Guns Of Navarone (Dimitri
Tiomkin) - 3:26
Issues:
c & e-l on
Impulse A(S)-19,
Impulse (Jap)
SNY-13, HMV (E) CLP-1637, HMV (E)CSD-1491, Jasmine (E) JASM-1010.
Singles: i & b on impulse 45-208 [45].
Samplers:
a on Impulse A(S)-100, Impulse (Jap) SH-3052, HMV (E) CLP-1889 titled THE
DEFINITIVE JAZZ SCENE VOLUME TWO.
.
Producer: Bob Thiele
Engineer: Bob Arnold, Frank Abbey, Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Manny Albam
FROM THE HEART
Etta Jones
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
February 8, 1962
Etta
Jones (vcl) acc by Lloyd Mayers (p); Wally Richardson (g); Bob
Bushnell (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d) + strings, Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (3375)
Just Friends
b. (3376) I'll Never Be Free
c. (3377) There Goes My Heart
d. (3378) Funny
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
February 9, 1962
Etta
Jones (vcl) acc by Joe Wilder (tp); Jerry Dodgion, Oliver Nelson
(as, arr); George Barrow, Bob Ashton (ts); Lloyd Mayers (p); Wally
Richardson (g); Bob Bushnell (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d).
e.(3379) Makin'
Whoopee
f. (3380) You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
g. (3381) Look For The Silver Lining
h. (3382) I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
saxes out.
i. (3383) By The
Bend Of The River
j. (3384) Good Morning Heartache
k. (3385) They Can't Take That Away From Me
Issues:
a-k on
Prestige PR-7214, Prestige OJCCD-1016-2 [CD].
Singles: a & f on Prestige 45-215 [45].
Samplers: a & f also on Prestige PRCD-11021-2 [CD] titled
THE BEST OF ETTA JONES: THE PRESTIGE SINGLES. d also on Prestige PR-7443 titled GREATEST HITS.
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
NO
STRINGS - AN AFTER-THEATRE VERSION
Laverne Baker/Chris Connor/Herbie Mann/Bobby Short
New York City:
March 19, 1962
Chris Connor (vcl)
acc. by Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (tp); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Gene
Quill (cl, as); Phil Woods (as); Oliver Nelson (ts); Sol Schlinger (bs);
Ronnie Ball (p); Milt Hinton (b); Gus Johnson (d); Al Cohn (arr,
cond).
a. (6043)
Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers)
b. (6044) Look No Further
(Richard Rodgers)
c. (6045)
No Strings
(Richard Rodgers)
d. (6046)
Nobody Told Me
(Richard Rodgers)
New York City:
March 29, 1962
Bobby Short (vcl,
p) acc. by Carl "Doc" Severinsen, Irving "Marky" Markowitz, Jimmy
Maxwell (tp); Wayne Andre (tb); Herbie Mann (f); Oliver Nelson (ts);
Sol Schlinger (bs); Dick Hyman (p); George Duvivier (b); Ed
Shaughnessy (d); Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga); Al Cohn (arr, cond).
e. (6069)
Love Makes The World Go Round (Richard Rodgers)
f. (6070)
Be My Host
(Richard Rodgers)
g. (6071)
The Man Who Has Everything
(Richard Rodgers)
h. (6072)
Orthodox Fool
(Richard Rodgers)
Note: Other titles by
Laverne Baker and Herbie Mann without Oliver
Nelson.
Issues: a-h on Atlantic
1383, Collectables COL-CD-6714 [CD].
SOUTHERN COMFORT
Frank Wess
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: March 22, 1962
Albert Aarons (tp); Frank Wess (al-f); Oliver Nelson (ts, arr); George
Barrow (bs); Tommy Flanagan (p); Osie Johnson (d); Ray Barretto (cga).
a. (3435) Blue Skies
(Irving Berlin) - 6:32
same or similar, except Frank
Wess (ts).
b. (3436) Blues For
Butterball (Bob Bryant) - 4:50
c. (3437) Dancing In The Dark (Dietz/Schwartz) - 4:34
d. (3438) Shufflin' (Oliver Nelson) - 2:57
e. (3439) Summer Frost (Frank Wess) - 3:56
same or similar, except Frank
Wess (f).
f. (3440) Gin's Beguine
(Frank Wess) - 6:43
same or similar, except Frank
Wess (ts).
g. (3441) Southern
Comfort (Oliver Nelson) - 6:32
Issues: a-g on Prestige
PR-7231. a-g also on Prestige PRCD-24247-2 [CD] titled THE LONG
ROAD.
Singles: g also on Prestige 45-217 [45].
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Nat Hentoff
BASHIN':
THE UNPREDICTABLE JIMMY SMITH
Jimmy Smith - Arranged and
Conducted by Oliver Nelson
New York City: March 26, 1962
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinson, Joe Wilder (tp); Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman
(tb); Tom Mitchell (b-tb); Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods
(as, reeds); Bob Ashton, Babe Clark (ts, reeds); George Barrow (bs,
reeds);
Jimmy Smith (org); Barry Galbraith (g); George Duvivier
(b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (62VK324) In a Mellotone
(aka In A Mellow Tone) (Duke Ellington) - 4:23
b. (62VK325) Step Right Up (Oliver Nelson) -
4:11
New York City: March 28, 1962
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinson, Joe Wilder (tp); Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman
(tb); Tom Mitchell (b-tb); Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods
(as, reeds); Bob Ashton, Babe Clark (ts, reeds); George Barrow (bs,
reeds);
Jimmy Smith (org); Barry Galbraith (g); George Duvivier
(b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
c. (62VK376) Walk on the Wild
Side Pt 1 (Elmer Bernstein/Mack David)
d. (62VK377) Walk on the Wild Side Pt 2
(Elmer Bernstein/Mack David)
e. (62VK380) Ol' Man River (Jerome Kern/Oscar
Hammerstein II) - 3:57
f. (62VK380) Ol' Man River (Jerome
Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:50 (edit of e)
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-e on Verve V/V6-8474, Metro (E)2682025, Verve 823 308-2
[CD], PDCTI (Ger) 1109-2 [CD], Verve (Jap) UCCV-9189 [CD]. a-f on Verve
314 539 061-2 [CD].
Singles: b also on
Verve VK-10278 [45].
c & d also on Verve VK-10502 [45], Verve VK-10255 [45]. c also
on Barclay (Fr) 740810 [45]. f on Verve VK-10262 [45].
Samplers: a-e also on Mosaic MD6-233 [CD] titled
OLIVER NELSON: THE ARGO, VERVE AND IMPULSE
BIG BAND STUDIO SESSIONS. a, c, d also on Verve V6-652 titled 24 KARAT
HITS. a also on Verve (F) 2304004 titled THE BEST OF JIMMY
SMITH and Barclay (F) 74090 titled JIMMY SMITH. b also on
Verve (G) 2615044 titled THE HISTORY OF JAZZ.
b & e also on Barclay (F) 74087
titled JIMMY SMITH and Verve (Jap) MV-9011/12 titled ALL ABOUT JIMMY SMITH. c+d also on Verve
2V6S-8814 titled THE HISTORY OF JIMMY SMITH, Verve (E)VLP9164
titled JIMMY SMITH'S GREATEST HITS, Verve (E) VEP5008 titled WALK
ON THE WILD SIDE, Verve (F) 74081 titled JIMMY SMITH,
Verve (F) 2610011 titled STAR PORTRAIT OF JIMMY SMITH, Verve
(F/Ger) 711073 titled THE BEST OF JIMMY SMITH, Verve (F)
2615005 titled VERVE JAZZ BOOK, Verve VS-201 titled THE
HITS ARE ON VERVE, Verve 831 374-2
[CD] titled JIMMY
SMITH: COMPACT JAZZ, Verve 831 376 [CD] titled COMPACT
JAZZ: THE SAMPLER, Verve 314 527 950-2 [CD] titled WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: BEST OF THE VERVE YEARS, Verve
314 521 855-2 [CD] titled VERVE JAZZ MASTERS 29:
JIMMY SMITH, Verve 521 737-2 titled THE VERVE STORY:
1944-1994, Blue Note 7243 5 40038 2 0 [CD] titled THE
DEFINITIVE JIMMY SMITH, 32 Jazz 32025 [CD] titled HIT JAZZ, Verve (E) 556 636-2 [CD] titled
JS:B-3 - THE VERY BEST OF JIMMY SMITH and Telstar (E) TTVCD-3306 [CD] titled THE
ULTIMATE GANGSTER MOVIE SOUNDTRACK. d also on Verve VK124, Verve (F) 2615029
titled A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE. e also on Verve V/V6-8579
titled WINNERS ALL!. c, d & e also on Verve 314 547 161-2
[CD] titled THE ULTIMATE JIMMY SMITH, Verve 314
543 598-2 [CD] is titled JIMMY SMITH'S FINEST HOUR. d & e
also on Verve V6-8721 titled THE BEST OF JIMMY SMITH.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Del Shields (Verve V/V6-8474). Art Hilgart (Verve
314 539 061-2 [CD]).
THE NIGHT LIFE
aka CLARK TERRY PLAYS THE JAZZ VERSION OF ALL
AMERICAN
Clark Terry - Arrangements by Oliver Nelson
New York City: May 11, 1962
Clark Terry
(tp, flhrn); Lester Robertson (tb); Budd Johnson (ts); George Barrow
(bs); Eddie Costa (p, vib); Art Davis (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d);
Oliver Nelson (arr).
a. (3519)
Night Life (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams)
b. (3520) Once Upon A Time (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
c. (3521) It's Fun To Think (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
d. (3522) I've Just Seen Her (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
New York City: May 15, 1962
e. (3523) If
I Were You (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
f. (3524) Fight Song (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
g. (3525) Same Language (Charles
Strouse/Lee Adams)
h. (3526)
What A Country (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams)
Issues:
a-h on
Status ST 26 titled THE NIGHT LIFE and Moodsville MV 26
titled CLARK TERRY PLAYS THE JAZZ VERSION OF ALL AMERICAN. a-h also on Prestige PRCD-24136-2 [CD] titled MELLOW MOODS.
TRUMPET EXODUS
Don Goldie and
Orchestra -- Arranged and Conducted by Oliver Nelson and
Al Cohn
c. 1962
Don Goldie (tp) with orchestra inc. horns, strings and harp, Oliver
Nelson (arr, cond).
a.
(62VK423) Exodus (Gold) - 2:10
b. (62VK424) Tammy (Livingston/Evans) - 1:55
c. (62VK425) That's All (Haynes/Brandt) - 2:42
d. (62VK427) My Funny Valentine (Rodgers) - 2:50
e. (62VK428) Mack The Knife (Weill) - 2:02
f. (62VK429) It Could Happen To You (Van Heusen) - 2:54
g. (62VK430) The Tender Trap (Cahn/Van Heusen) - 2:40
h. (62VK431) Beautiful Love (Young/King/Van Alstyne/H.
Gillespie) - 2:35
i. (62VK432) Night Side (Mancini) - 2:20
j. (62VK433) South Of The Border (Kennedy/Carr) - 3:21
k. (62VK434) Blue Dawn (Don Goldie) - 3:15
Note:
Two titles arranged by Al Cohn ("Willow Weep For Me" and,
from above, 'Mack The Knife" and/or "Blue Dawn") without
Oliver Nelson.
Issues:
a-k on Verve V/V6-8475.
Notes: Dom Cerulli
A TASTE OF HONEY
Lloyd G. Mayers with Oliver
Nelson Orchestra
New York City: c. 1962
Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, Doc Severinson, Snooky
Young (tp); Urbie Green, Paul Faulise, Britt Woodman,
Tommy Mitchell (tb); Don Butterfield (tu); Barry
Galbraith (g); Lloyd G. Mayers (org); George Duvivier
(b); Ed Shaughnessy (d); Ray Barretto (bgo); Oliver
Nelson (arr,cond).
a. A Taste of Honey (Ric
Marlow/Bobby Scott)
b. Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton
Mendonca)
c. The Good Life (Sach Distel/Jack Reardon)
d. Going Up North (Oliver Nelson)
e. The Golden Striker (John Lewis)
f. For All We Know (J. Fred Coots/Sam M. Lewis)
g. Jackie-ing (Thelonius Monk)
h. Alone Together (Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz)
Note: Complete title listed on the cover of
UAJ(S)-15018 is A TASTE OF HONEY AND A FEW MORE SWEET ONES.
Issues: a-h on
United Artists Jazz UAJ-15018 (mono), United Artists Jazz UAJS-15018
(stereo).
Samplers: a also on United Artists Jazz UAJ-15018 (mono), United
Artists Jazz UAJS-91(stereo) titled UNITED ARTISTS JAZZ.
Producer: Alan Douglas
Engineer: Bill Schwartau
Notes: Not Listed
IMPRESSIONS OF PHAEDRA
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra
Presenting Phil Woods
New York City: c. 1962
Large orchestra prob. inc. Clark Terry, Bernie Glow,
Doc Severinson, Snooky Young (tp); Urbie Green, Paul
Faulise, Britt Woodman, Tommy Mitchell (tb); Don
Butterfield (tu); Phil Woods (as); Barry Galbraith (g);
Lloyd G. Mayers (p); George Duvivier (b); Ed Shaughnessy
(d); Ray Barretto (bgo); Oliver Nelson (arr,cond) with
strings.
a. Phaedra Love (Theme)
(Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:40
b. London's Fog (Mikis Theodorakis) -
2:00
c. Dirge (Oliver Nelson) - 4:50
d. Phaedra (Tragedy) (Mikis Theodorakis)
- 2:20
e. The Fling (Mikis Theodorakis) - 2:45
f. Rendezvous (Mikis Theodorakis) - 2:55
g. Too Much Sun (Mikis Theodorakis) - 2:18
h. One More Time (Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:22
Issues: a-h on United Artists Jazz
UAJ-15019 (mono), United Artists Jazz UAJS-15019 (stereo).
Samplers: f also on
United Artists Jazz UAJ-91 (mono), United Artists Jazz UAJS-91
(stereo) titled UNITED ARTISTS JAZZ.
Producer: Alan Douglas
Engineer: Bill Schwartau
Notes: Not Listed
SOUL STREET
Jimmy Forrest Quintet, Sextet And With The
Oliver Nelson Big Band
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: June 1, 1962
Ernie Royal (tp);
Jimmy Cleveland (tb); George Barrow, Seldon Powell, Jimmy Forrest (ts);
Chris Woods (p); Mundell Lowe (g); Richard Davis (b); Ed Shaughnessy
(d); Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (3527)
Soft Summer Breeze
b. (3528) Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
c. (3529) Experiment In Terror
Note: Other titles
without Oliver Nelson
Issues: a-c on
New Jazz NJ-8293, Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-987-2 [CD]
Singles: a & c on Prestige 45-223 [45].
Samplers: b on Prestige PR-7712 titled THE BEST OF
JIMMY FORREST.
JACK
TEAGARDEN!!
Jack Teagarden
New York City:
June 4 and 6, 1962
Bobby Hackett
(cnt); Jack Teagarden (tb); Bob Wilber (cl); Bud Freeman (ts); Hank
Jones or Gene Schroeder (p); George Duvivier (b); George Wettling or
Ed Shaughnessy (d); Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (62VK533)
Never On Sunday
(Towne/Hadjidakis) - 2:28
same or similar, Jack Teagarden (vcl).
b. (62VK534) The Atchison, Topeka And
The Santa Fe
(Mercer/Warren) - 2:05
c. (62VK535) Time After Time
(Cahn/Styne) - 2:21
same or similar, no vcl.
d. (62VK536)
Secret Love
(Fain/Webster) - 2:56
same or similar, Jack Teagarden (vcl).
e. (62VK537)
High Hopes
(Van Heusen/Kahn) - 3:00
same or similar, no vcl.
f. (62VK538)
Dame Blanche
(Kees/Bruyn) - 2:25
g. (62VK539) Johnny (aka When Johnny Comes Marching
Home) (traditional) -2:12
h. (62VK540) Moon River
(Mancini/Mercer) - 2:27
same or similar, Jack Teagarden (vcl).
i. (62VK541)
All The Way
(Cahn/Van Heusen) - 3:10
same or similar, no vcl.
j. (62VK542)
Gigi
(Lerner/Lowe) - 2:50
k. (62VK543) The Last Time I Saw Paris
(Hammerstein, 2nd/Kern) - 2:17
same or similar, Jack Teagarden (vcl).
l. (62VK544)
Learnin' The Blues (Silvers) - 3:12
Note: It's not clear
whether Oliver Nelson participated on any other titles other than
"Johnny," the only one credited to him on Verve V-8495.
Issues:
a-l on
Verve V-8495.
Samplers: b also on Verve
(G) 2615044 titled
THE HISTORY OF JAZZ, Metro (F) 2355013 titled ? and Verve 314 555 402-2
[CD] titled TRAV'LIN' LIGHT: THE JOHNNY MERCER SONGBOOK.
Faye Adams
New York City:
June 26, 1962
Faye Adams (vcl) with orchestra dir. by
Oliver Nelson.
a. (3545) Goodnight
My Love
b. (3546) You Can Trust In Me
c. (3547) Come On To Me
d. (3548) Blue Raindrops
Issues: a & b on
Prestige 45-224 [45].
Producer: Esmond Edwards
Jimmy Grissom
New York City:
July 3, 1962
Jimmy Grissom (vcl) with
Oliver Nelson (as, ts, prob. arr, prob. cond); Dick Hyman (org); Hank
Jones (p); Wendell Marshall (b); Ed Shaughnessy (d).
a. (3549) I've Got
You On My Mind
b. (3550) Lover's Reverie
c. (3551) Love Has A Thousand Eyes
d. (3552) Get Yourself Another Fool
Issues: a & b on
Prestige 45-225 [45].
Producer: Esmond Edwards
SUSPENSE THEMES IN JAZZ
Kai Winding
New York City or Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: July 18, 19 & 26,
1962
Kai Winding (tb); Oliver Nelson (arr) with unknown p, org, g, b, dm and
orchestra.
a. (62VK490) Baby Elephant Walk
(Mancini) - 2:35
b. (62VK491) Experiment In Terror (Mancini) - 2:20
New York City or Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey: August 23, 1962
Kai Winding (tb); Oliver Nelson (arr) with unknown p, org, g, b, dm and
orchestra.
c. (62VK558) Molly Malone
- 2:55
d. (62VK559) Walk On The Wild Side - 2:20
e. (62VK560) Blues Theme From "Reprieve" (Ya Hear Me)
(Rosenman/Adelson) - 2:35
f. (62VK561) Hatari (Mancini) - 2:28
Note: Other titles without
Oliver Nelson
Issues: a-f on Verve V/V6-8493.
Singles: a & b also on Verve VK-10258 [45].
Samplers:
a, e & f also on
SLV-8493 [EP] titled SUSPENSE THEMES IN JAZZ. b also on Rhino
R2 72913 [CD] titled CRIME JAZZ: MUSIC IN THE SECOND DEGREE and
Verve (Ger) 06024 9847994 [CD] titled HENRY MANCINI SONGBOOK
(VERVE JAZZ CLUB). f also on Verve (Ger) 06007 5306918 [CD]
titled KAI WINDING - JAZZ FOR PLAYBOYS (VERVE JAZZ CLUB).
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder and Bill Schwartau
Notes: Mason Sargent
COUNTRY MEETS THE BLUES
Ramsey Lewis
New York City:
August 2 and 3, 1962
Ramsey Lewis
(p); Eldee Young (b, cello); Issac "Red" Holt (d) + brass and
reeds, Oliver
Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (11809) St.
Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) - 3:07
b. (11811) Country Meets The Blues (Ramsey
Lewis) - 2:27
c. (11813) High Noon (Tiomkin/Washington)
- 4:46
d. (11815) I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie
Dixon) - 2:45
e. (11817) My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (C.
Williams) - 1:56
Note:
Other titles without Oliver Nelson.
Issues: a-e on
Argo LP-701.
Samplers: e also on Cadet LP/S-755 titled CHOICE!.
Producer: Ralph Bass
Notes: Al Clarke
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Johnny Hodges - Arranged And Conducted By Oliver Nelson
New York City:
August 6 and 15, 1962
Johnny Hodges (as); Bernie Leighton (p, org); unknown (g); George
Duvivier (b); Osie Johnson (d) with strings,
Oliver Nelson (arr,cond).
a. (62VK567)
Something To Live For (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:32
b. (62VK568) In A Sentimental Mood
(Ellington/Kurtz/Mills) - 2:55
c. (62VK569) I Didn't Know About You (Ellington/Russell)
- 2:38
d. (62VK571) You Blew Out The Flame (In My Heart) (Shirl/Drake/Hodges)
- 2:05
e. (62VK572) Theme From "The Eleventh Hour" (Sukman) -
2:15
f. (62VK573) Love Song From "Mutiny On The Bounty" (Follow
Me)
(Kaper/Webster) - 1:55
g. (62VK574) Solitude (Ellington/DeLange/Mills) - 2:36
h. (62VK575) Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn/Mercer) -
1:58
i. (62VK576) Don't Blame Me (McHugh/Fields) - 2:45
j. (62VK577) Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington/Gordon/Mills) -
2:41
k. (62VK578) Warm Valley (Ellington) - 1:55
New York City:
August 18, 1962
add Ray Nance (vln).
l. (62VK570) Guitar
Amour (Ellington) - 3:32
Note: (1) Oliver
Nelson's written arrangements for THE ELEVENTH HOUR are
part of the Duke Ellington Archives at the Smithsonian
Institution. (2) There's a
possibility that Oliver Nelson also arranged an earlier Johnny
Hodges session, circa 1961, which remains unissued, as suggested in
the liner notes to MAIN STEM,
above.
Issues: a-l on
Verve V/V6-8492.
Singles: d & i on Verve VK-10265 [45].
Samplers: b, e & g on MGM (E) 2315014 titled A TRIBUTE
TO JOHNNY HODGES.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Bob Arnold
Notes: Stanley Dance
LISTEN TO ART FARMER AND THE
ORCHESTRA
Art Farmer
New York City:
August 10, 1962
Art Farmer
(flhrn) with collective personnel inc. Snooky Young, Ernie Royal,
Rolf Ericson, Bernie Glow, Ray Copeland, Clark Terry (tp); Urbie
Green, Jimmy Cleveland, Tom Mitchell (tb); Paul Faulise, Tony Studd
(b-tb); Bob Northern, Ray Alonge, Jimmy Buffington (fhrn); Ray
Beckenstein, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Stan Webb, Phil Woods, Walt
Levinsky, George Dorsey, Danny Bank (reeds); Jim Hall, Barry
Galbraith (g); George Duvivier (b); Charlie Persip (d); Ray Barretto,
Willie Rodriguez (perc) Oliver Nelson (arr, cond).
a. (26306)
My Romance (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)
New York City:
September 5, 1962
b. (22159)
Rue Prevail (Art Farmer)
c. (22160) Rain Check (Billy Strayhorn)
d. (22161) Street Of Dreams (Victor Young/Sam Lewis)
New York City:
September 20, 1962
e. (22229)
The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers)
f. (22230) Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)
g. (22231) Naima (John Coltrane)
h. (22232) Ruby (Heinz Roemheld/Mitchell Parish)
Issues: a-h on
Mercury MG-20766 (mono), Mercury SR-60766 (stereo), Verve 314 537 747-2 [CD],
Mercury (Jap) EXPR-1020, Mercury (Jap) UCCM-9075 [CD]. a-h also
on Mosaic MD7-225 [CD] titled THE COMPLETE MERCURY ART FARMER
BENNY GOLSON JAZZTET.
Producer: Hal Mooney
Engineer: Ray Hall
Notes: Anthony Corbett (Mercury MG-20766, Mercury
SR-60766). David Demsey (Verve 314 537 747-2 [CD]).
CHAINS OF LOVE
Joe Williams
New York City: c. Fall 1962
Joe Williams
(vcl) acc by unknown personnel possibly including Jimmy Jones, Oliver Nelson,
Jack Pleis, Frank Hunter (arr), Ray Bloch (cond).
a. September
In The Rain
b. Falling In Love With Love
c. When She Makes Music
New York City: Winter 1963-1964
Joe
Williams (vcl)
acc by unknown personnel possibly including Jimmy Jones, Oliver
Nelson, Jack Pleis, Frank Hunter (arr), Ray Bloch (cond).
d. Blue
Skies
e. Good Thing
f. Always
New York City: Winter 1963-1964
Joe Williams (vcl)
acc by unknown personnel possibly including Jimmy Jones, Oliver
Nelson, Jack Pleis, Frank Hunter (arr), Ray Bloch (cond).
g. You
Stepped Out Of A Dream
h. Ballad Medley
Can't We Talk It Over?
It's The Talk Of The Town
Where Are You?
i.
It's A Wonderful World
Note: Specific titles
with Oliver Nelson unknown.
Issues: a-i on
Jass
6, Natasha Imports NI-4019 [CD].
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