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no year given:
- Oliver Nelson: Blues & The Abstract
Truth, Melville/NY o.J. [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of "In
Time"; "Lem and Aide"; "Majorca"; "The Meetin'"; "Nocturne"; "One for
Brucie"; "Shufflin'"; "Six and Four"; "Stolen Moments"; "There's
a-Yearnin'"; "Three Seconds")
1962:
- Don DeMichael: Oliver Nelson - Straight
Ahead, in: Down Beat, 29/7 (1962), p. 32 (R)
- J. Goldberg: Foxus on Oliver Nelson, in:
Down Beat, 29/4 (1962), p. 17
- J.-R. Masson: Des "sketches" signes
Nelson, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/80 (1962), p. 15
- Oliver Nelson: "Stolen Moments", Combo
Arrangement, in: Down Beat, 29/4 (1962), p. 42-48 (T)
- Bob Dawbarn: X Vertificate for Screamin',
in: Melody Maker, 3.Feb.1962, p. 7 (R: "Screamin' the Blues")
- Bob Dawbarn: Oliver Nelson Has Arrived!,
in: Melody Maker, 19.May 1962, p. 7 (R: Blues and the Abstract Truth)
- Bob Dawbarn: The African Touch - by Oliver
Nelson, in: Melody Maker, 7.Jul.1962, p. 7 (R: Message, Jungleaire etc.)
1963:
- Oliver Nelson: "Ballad for Benny", Big
Band Arrangement, in: Down Beat Music '63 (1963), p. 102-109 (T)
1965:
- Dan Morgenstern: Oliver Nelson - More
Blues and the Abstract Truth, in: Down Beat, 32/9 (1965), p. 34, 36 (R)
1966:
- NN: At Home with Oliver Newlson, in: Jazz,
5/7 (1966), p. 15ff.
1967:
- Richard Williams: Straight Ahead - The
Early Work of Oliver Nelson & Eric Dolphy, in: Jazz Journal, 20/7
(Jul.1967), p. 4-6, 40 (F)
- J. Atterton: Central Park Premier for
Oliver Nelson Suite, in: Melody Maker, 16.Sep.1967, p. 16
1968:
- B. Quinn: Oliver Nelson - Live from Los
Angeles, in: Down Beat, 35/8 (1968), p. 35-36 (R)
- C.M. Weisenberg: The State of Jazz
Education. An Interview with Oliver Nelson, in: Down Beat, 35/19 (1968),
p. 16-17, 38 (I)
- Oliver Nelson: Music Workshop. Patterns
for Saxophone, in: Down Beat, 35/19 (1968), p. 34
- Oliver Nelson: Sound Piece II, in: Dwn
Beat, 35/26 (1968), p. 50-52 (T)
1969:
- NN: "Blues & The Abstract Blues",
composed & arranged for 7-piece combo by Oliver Nelson, in: Down
Beat Music '69, 14 (1969), p. 82-87 (T)
- NN: Oliver Nelson Tours Africa for State
Department, in: Down Beat, 36/7 (1969), p. 12
Chronicles Oliver
Nelson's eight week (March 3-May 1, 1969), eight-country tour of Central
Africa (Senegal, Mali, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Dahomey and
the Central African Republic), sponsored by the U.S. State Department
with a septet including Freddie Hill, trumpet; Nelson, Ernie Watts,
Frank Strozier, John Klemmer, reeds; Stan Gilbert, bass; Bob Morin,
drums.
- P. Woods: La musique d'Oliver Nelson, in:
Jazz Magazine, #164 (1969), p. 36-39
- Paula Rivelli: Oliver Nelson's African
Tour, in: Jazz & Pop, 8/7 (1969), p. 46-50 (I); Reprint, in: Pauline
Rivelli & Robert Levin (Hgg.): Giants of Black Music, New York 1979
[book; Reprint, O: New York 1970 (The Black Giants)], p. 68-77 (I)
- Leonard Feather: Saxophone and Septet
Through Darkest Africa, in: Melody Maker, 28.Jun.1969, p. 8
1970:
- Teddy H. Leyh: Begegnungen mit Olver
Nelson, part 3, in: Jazz Podium, 19/11 (Nov.1970), p. 388-391 (F/I)
1971:
- A. Lacombe: Retour sur Nelson, in: Jazz
Magazine, #190 (1971), p. 46-47
1973:
- Achim Hebgen: Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite,
in: Sounds, #12 (1973), p. 40-41 (R)
- Hildred Roach: Oliver Nelson, in: Hildred
Roach: Black American Music. Past and Present, Boston 1973 [book], p.
143-144 (F)
1975:
- Oliver Nelson: "Alto-Itis", in: Down Beat
Music Handbook, 20 (1975), p. 47 (T)
- Oliver Nelson: "Stolen Moments", in: NN
(ed.): Jazz Sampler for Piano, New York 1975 [sheet music], p. 2-3 (T:
piano solo arrangement)
- Oliver Nelson: How to produce a
recording... Oliver Nelson style, in: Down Beat, 42/8 (24.Apr.1975), p.
40-41, 45 ("I"/T)
- William L. Fowler: Oliver Nelson. New Hope
for the Abstract Truth, in: Down Beat, 42/8 (24.Apr.1975), p. 10-11, 43
(F/I)
- Arnold Jay Smith: Caught. Oliver Nelson,
Bottom Line, New York City, in: Down Beat, 42/17 (23.Oct.1975), p. 37-38
(C)
- NN: Final Bar. Oliver Nelson, in: Down
Beat, 42/21 (18.Dec.1975), p. 11 (F/O)
- NN: Oliver Nelson gestorben, in: Jazz
Podium, 24/12 (Dec.1975), p. 28 (F/O)
1976:
- Gilmore: Oliver Nelson - A Dream Deferred,
in: Down Beat, 43/20 (1976), p. 18-19 (R)
- Leonard Feather: Oliver Nelson, in:
Leonard Feather: The Pleasures of Jazz, New York 1976 [book], p. 187-192
(F/I)
- NN: Coda. Oliver Nelson, in: Jazz Forum,
#39 (1976), p. 17 (F/O)
1989:
- Kevin Whitehead: Blues and the Abstract
Truth, in: Down Beat, 56/9 (Sep.1989), p. 71-72 (R; Reprint from the
1960s)
- John McDonough: Oliver Nelson - Black,
Brown and Beautiful, in: Down Beat, 56/11 (Nov.1989), p. 36-37 (R)
1990:
- Richard Palmer: The Nelson Touch. Richard
Palmer reviews the career of saxophonist, composer and arranger Oliver
Nelson, in: Jazz Journal, 43/9 (Sep.1990), p. 10-12 (F)
1992:
- Tom Reed: Oliver Nelson, in: Tom Reed: The
Black Music History of Los Angeles. Its Roots, Los Angeles 1992 [book],
p. 303 (F)
1993:
- Nathan West: Great Lost Recordings. Jazz
Composer Oliver Nelson, in: The Wire, #109 (Mar.1993), p. 16 (F/R)
1994:
- Richard Palmer: Oliver Nelson, in:
Eurojazz Review, #1 (Aug.1994), p. 24-30 (F)
- Richard Palmer: Oliver Nelson & Lalo
Schifrin. A Study in Neglected Genius, in: Eurojazz Review, #2
(Nov.1994), p. 22-28 (F)
1995:
- Richard Palmer: Nelson & Schifrin. Uno
studio sul genio negletto, in: Musica Jazz, 50/12 (Dec.1994), p. 20-24
(F); part 2, in: Musica Jazz, 51/1 (Jan.1995), p. 30-33 (F)
- Brian Priestley: Starterpack. Oliver
Nelson/King Oliver, in: Jazz Magazine (GB), #30 (May/Jun.1995), p. 52-53
(F)
- Phil Woods: Reflections in E-Flat...
Another Fine Mess Ollie!, in: Saxophone Journal, 20/2 (Sep/Oct.1995), p.
62-63 (F)
1996:
- Joergen Oestberg: Oliver Nelson. Mannen
som gick vilse i Hollywood?, in: Orkester Journalen, 63/6 (Jun.1996), p.
22-25, 47 (F)
- Jon Burlingame: TV's Biggest Hits
(Schirmer Books: 1996).
1998:
1999:
- Oliver Nelson: Arrangements of "Hoe Down,"
"Ballad for Benny," "Blues And The Abstract Truth," "Jada,"
"Greensleeves," "Flute Salad," "Emancipation Blues," "Miss Fine,"
"Penthouse Dawn," "Black, Brown and Beautiful" and "Down By The
Riverside" (Sierra Music Publications:
1999).
2006
- Ashley Kahn: The House That Trane
Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (W.W. Norton & Company:
2006).
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