Release : Oliver Nelson - Screamin' The Blues
Artist : Oliver Nelson
Album : Screamin' The Blues
Genre : Jazz
Source : CDDA
Label : Original Jazz Classics
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Date : 1991-07-01
Encoder : LAME 3.90.3 / alt-preset standard
Quality : 207kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 6
Time : 40:01 min
Size : 62.48
1 Screamin' The Blues 10:58
2 March On, March On 5:02
3 The Drive 5:50
4 The Meetin' 6:44
5 Three Seconds 6:26
6 Alto-Itis 5:01
"There were many saxophonists on the scene in 1960 who would influence jazz for
the next forty years. While saxophonist/composer/arranger Oliver Nelson might
not be the best known of the musicians of that era, he blew alongside some of
the greats. He is probably best known for his compositions and arrangements
(öStolen Moments,ö ôMiss Fineö and ôHobo Flatsö come to mind). Nelson was born
in St. Louis, Missouri and played with big bands like the Jeter-Pillars
Orchestra in the late 1940s. By the time this album was recorded in 1960, he was
leading smaller groups, although he continued to work in large band settings as
well.
The title track of this reissue, the longest at eleven minutes, allows the
musicians a chance to stretch out. ôScreamin' the Bluesö grabs you from the very
first bar and doesn't let go. Nelson proves he can play the blues with some
serious feeling; Dolphy's bass clarinet offers a different, angular side.
Richard Williams plays his usual tack-sharp trumpet here and throughout the
album.
öMarch On, March On,ö the only non-Nelson composition, offers an interesting
dichotomy between Nelson and Dolphy's alto saxophone playing. Stylistically,
Nelson sounds more mainstream, in a hard bop mode, while Dolphy extends the bop
sound into a freer realm. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), it seems to
work. ôThe MeetinÆö is reminiscent of Bobby TimmonsÆ ôDis Here,ö with the
churchy call and response that you would expect from such a number. The unison
lines are reminiscent of what would later come out on Nelson's Blues and the
Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961). ôAlto-Itisö is a fairly boppish piece where
Dolphy solos first, then Nelson follows. "
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