JAZZ IN THE CLASSROOM VOL. IX - A TRIBUTE TO OLIVER NELSON
Berklee School Of Music
Boston, Massachusetts: 1963
collective personnel inc. James Castaldi, Dale Frank, Roland Ligart, Mike Mantler, Wes Nicholas, Michael Price, Dick Robilotto, George Zonce (tp); Alf Clausen (frh); Jerry Collins (tb); Tonny DiMaggio (tb); Steve Devich (b-tb); Alex Elin (ts); Hal McIntyre (ts, cl); Sadao Watanabe (as, f, arr); Jimmy Mosher (as, f, al-f); Charles Owens (as, f); Gerry Geiger (bs, f); Errol Burke (bs, cl, b-cl); Gene Perla (p, b, arr); Mike Rendish (p, arr); Kent Carter (b); Ted Sajdyk, Bill Theile (d); John Julian, John McGill, Joze Privsek (arr); Herb Pomeroy (cond).

a. Lou's Good Dues Blues (Oliver Nelson)
b. Shufflin' (Oliver Nelson)
c. Sound Piece Part 1 and 2 (Oliver Nelson)
d. Hobo Flats (Oliver Nelson)
e. Anacrusis (Oliver Nelson)
f. Mama Lou (Oliver Nelson)
g. Teenie's Blues (Oliver Nelson)
h. Straight Ahead (Oliver Nelson)
i. Booze Blues Baby (Oliver Nelson)
j. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)
k. Bob's Blues (Oliver Nelson)

Issues: a-k on Berklee Records BLP-9

THE MYSTERIOUS FLYING ORCHESTRA
The Mysterious Flying Orchestra 
prob. New York City: c. 1977
Jon Faddis (tp solo); Lew Soloff (tp); Eddie Daniels (f); Don Grolnick (el-p); Jerry Friedman (el-g); Wilbur Bascomb (el-b); Wilby Fletcher (d); Lawrence Killian (cga); Guilherme Franco (perc); Leo Kahn, Gene Orloff, Max Cahn, Harry Lookofsky, Emanuel Green, Sylvan Shulman, Julie Held, Joseph Malignaggi (vln); Alan Shulman, Jessy Levy (viola); Michael Spivakovsky, Cal Fleisig (cello); Gloria Agostini (harp); Glenn Osser (arr); Bob Thiele (musical director).

a. A Dream Deferred (Bob Thiele/Glenn Osser) - 5:24

Note: "A Dream Deferred" is dedicated to Oliver Nelson. Other titles on Doctor Jazz (RCA) APL1-2137.

Issues: a on Doctor Jazz (RCA) APL1-2137.
Producer: Bob Thiele
Engineer: Harvey Goldberg
Notes: Nat Hentoff

WHAT'S GOIN' ON
Frank Strozier
New York City: November 5, 1977
Danny Moore (tp); Frank Strozier (as); Harold Mabern (p); Stafford James (b).

a. Ollie (Frank Strozier)
b. Ollie (alt. take) (Frank Strozier)

Note: Thanks to Jörgen Östberg for this listing.

Issues: a on Steeplechase (Dan) SCD-17001. a & b on Steeplechase (Dan) SCCD-31420 [CD].

I REMEMBER
Phil Woods
Olympic Sound Studio, London, England: March 1978
Derek Watkins, Ian Hamer, Kenny Wheeler (tp); Dave Horler, Geoff Perkins (tb); David Kripps, Nicholas Hill (frhrn); Phil Woods (ss, as); Ray Warleigh, Stan Sultzman, Bob Efford (sax); Richard Morgan (oboe); Gordon Beck (p,el-p); Mike Melillo (p, key); Martin Kershaw (g); Steve Gilmore (b); Bill Goodwin (d); Louis Jordan (perc); Jack Rothstein, Christopher Warren-Green (vln); Brian Hawkins (viola); Charles Tunnel (cello).

a. Ollie (Dedicated to Oliver Nelson) (Phil Woods) - 8:37

Note: Other titles on Gryphon G-907, Gryphon 788, DCC Jazz DJZ-619 [CD].

Issues: a on Gryphon G-907, Gryphon 788, DCC Jazz DJZ-619 [CD]
Producer: Norman Schwartz
Engineer: Keith Grant
Notes: Herb Wong.

BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH: THE MUSIC OF OLIVER NELSON
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Live At The Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC: August 16 and 17, 1997
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra featuring Sam Burtis, Bill Holmes, Kurt Lucas, Dave Steinmeyer, Brent Wallarab (tb); Greg Gisbert, Joe Wilder, Tom Williams, Larry Wiseman (tp); John Peiffer, Roger Whitworth (f-hrn); Victor Goines, Luis Hernandez, Shannon LeClaire, Scott Robinson, Loren Schoenberg, Charlie Young (reeds), Russell Wilson (p); James Chirillo (g); James King (b); Chuck Redd (d); Ken Kimery; David N. Baker (cond).

a. SJMO Theme Song (Premiere) (David Baker)
b. Self Help Is Needed (Oliver Nelson)
c. Hoe-Down (Oliver Nelson)
d. Down By The Riverside (traditional, arr. by Oliver Nelson)

same, add Oliver Nelson, Jr. (f).

e. Black, Brown and Beautiful (Oliver Nelson)

same, without Oliver Nelson, Jr.

f. I Remember Bird (Leonard Feather, arr. by Oliver Nelson)
g. Night Train (Jimmy Forrest [sic], arr. by Oliver Nelson)
h. Emancipation Blues (Oliver Nelson)

same, add Oliver Nelson, Jr. (f).

i. Miss Fine (Oliver Nelson)

same, without Oliver Nelson, Jr.

j. Step Right Up (Oliver Nelson)
k. The Artist's Rightful Place (Oliver Nelson)
l. Full Nelson (Oliver Nelson)
m. Blues And The Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson)
n. Sound Piece For Jazz Orchestra (Oliver Nelson)
o. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)
p. Jungleaire (Oliver Nelson)

Issues: None

OLIVER NELSON: STOLEN MOMENTS
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along (Volume 73)
c. 1998
Andy LaVerne (p); Lynn Seaton (b); Steve Davis (d).

a. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)
b. Alto-itis (Oliver Nelson)
c. Elegy For A Duck (Oliver Nelson)
d. In Passing (Oliver Nelson)
e. Black, Brown & Beautiful (Oliver Nelson)
f. Latino (Oliver Nelson)
g. I Remember Bird (Leonard Feather, arr. by Oliver Nelson)
h. Patterns (6/4 song) (Oliver Nelson)
i. Six and Four (Oliver Nelson)
j. The Meeting (Oliver Nelson)
k. Straight Ahead (Oliver Nelson)
l. Teenie’s Blues (Oliver Nelson)

Note: Also known as STOLEN MOMENTS and VOLUME 73: STOLEN MOMENTS - OLIVER NELSON FAVORITES.

Issues: a-l on Jamey Aebersold Jazz 073 [Book/CD].

THE MUSICAL GENIUS OF OLIVER NELSON
The Jazz Edge
Live at Washington University Edison Theater; St, Louis, Missouri: May 23, 1999
William Jeffries, Victor Reef, George Spooner (tb); Anthony Wiggins, Danny Campbell, Delano Redman, Mike Garrett; James Martin (tb, f-hrn); Oliver Nelson Jr. (f); Don Cook, Charles Tillman (ts); Clifton McBride, Allan Murry (as); Vernell Glasper (bs); Carolyn Day (p); Thomas Moore (g); Hillard Scott, Kim LaCoste-Mixon (b); Charles Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d); Prince Wells (cond).

a. Welcome - LaVerne Holliday
b. Groove (Oliver Nelson)
c. Self Help Is Needed (Oliver Nelson)
d. Step Right Up (Oliver Nelson)
e. Black, Brown and Beautiful (Oliver Nelson)
f. Hoe-Down (Oliver Nelson)
g. Yearnin' (Oliver Nelson)
h. Night Train (Jimmy Forest [sic], arr. by Oliver Nelson)
i. Blues And The Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson)
j. Down By The Riverside (traditional, arr. by Oliver Nelson)
k. I Remember Bird (Leonard Feather, arr. by Oliver Nelson)
l. Miss Fine (Oliver Nelson)
m. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)
n. Patterns (Oliver Nelson)
o. Emancipation Blues (Oliver Nelson)
p. Jungleaire (Oliver Nelson)

Issues: None

OLIVER NELSON: COMPOSER & ARRANGER, A TRIBUTE
Millennium Bug Orchestra directed by Mirko Guerrini 
Live at Prato, Italy: July 31, 2001
Vladimiro Martini, Alessandro Drovandi, Pino Sorrentino (tp); Rodolfo Sarli, Marco Boccardi (tb); Davide Guidi (b-tb); Gabriele Drovandi, Fabrizio Pintucci (ts); Nico Gori (as); Antonio Laraia (ss); Stefano Bartolini (bs); Leonardo Volo (p,el-p); Mario Piacentini (el-p solo); Riccardo Dellocchio (g); Antony Paule (el-g); Guido Zorn (b); Gabriele Mastoianni (d); Mirko Guerrini (arr,cond).

a. Miss Fine (Oliver Nelson)

same, Alberto Marsico (org solo).

b. Blues And The Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson)

same, Nico Gori (as solo).

c. Black, Brown And Beautiful (Oliver Nelson)

same, Antony Paule (el-g solo); Mario Piacentini (el-p solo).

d. Critic's Choice (Oliver Nelson)

same, Fabrizio Berti (harmonica solo); Alberto Marsico (org solo). 

e. Hobo Flats (Oliver Nelson)

same, Mirko Guerrini (as solo); Mario Piacentini (el-p solo).

f. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)

same, Mirko Guerrini (ts solo).

g. St. Louis Blues (Handy)

same, Antony Paule (el-g solo).

h. Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)

same, Alberto Marsico (org solo); Ilaria Crociani (vcl).

i. Six Million Dollar Man (Oliver Nelson)

same, Antony Paule (el-g solo); Mario Piacentini (el-p solo); Ernesto de Pascale (vcl).

j. Everyday I Have The Blues (Peter Chatman)

same.

k. Full Nelson (Oliver Nelson)
l. Hoe Down (Oliver Nelson)

Issues: a-j & l on Il Popolo Del Blues (It) 2002 012-2 [CD].
Producer: Ernesto de Pascale
Engineer: Sergio Salaorni
Notes: Douglas Payne