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1963 studio album by Oliver Nelson Orchestra
Full Nelson
Released End of August 1963
[1] Recorded November 19, 1962 (#1, 2, 8, 9) February 26, 1963 (#3, 4, 7, 10) March 28, 1963 (#5, 6, 11, 12) Studio RCA Studios,
New York City
Genre
Jazz Length 41 :05
Label
Verve V-8508
Producer
Creed Taylor
Full Nelson is a
jazz album by
Oliver Nelson recorded in 1962 and 1963, and released on Verve Records. It is one of his first
big band albums.
[4] Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down , originally based on an
Aaron Copland composition, which initially appeared in a septet version on
The Blues and the Abstract Truth , in a driving big band arrangement that features
Clark Terry .
Reception
Down Beat magazine critic
Harvey Pekar wrote that, "Nelson's alto work is featured on Full Nelson , Skokiaan , and Leonard Bernstein's Cool . He plays fluently and melodically with a somewhat harder tone than he has used in the past. Back Woods is a humorous piece, dedicated to
Phil Woods and spotlighting his biting alto playing."
[2]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson, unless otherwise noted.
"Full Nelson" – 2:47
"
Skokiaan " (Msarurgwa, Glazer) - 1:54
"Miss Fine" - 4:11
"Majorca" - 3:06
"Cool" (
Bernstein ,
Sondheim ) - 4:55
"Back Woods" - 3:32
"Lila's Theme" (
Goldsmith ) - 3:55
"Ballad for Benny" - 2:36
"Hoe Down" - 2:50
"Paris Blues" (
Ellington ) - 2:57
"
What Kind of Fool Am I? " (Newley, Bricusse) - 3:51
"You Love But Once" - 4:31
Personnel
Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
George Duvivier (1, 2, 8, 9),
Milt Hinton (all others) - bass
Phil Kraus - celesta, vibraphone (5, 6, 11, 12)
Ed Shaughnessy (1, 2, 8, 9),
Osie Johnson (all others) - drums
Ray Alonge (1, 2, 8, 9),
Bob Northern (1, 2, 8, 9) - French horn
Jimmy Raney (1, 2, 8, 9),
Jim Hall (all others) - guitar
Harry Brewer - marimba, Castanets (3, 4, 7, 10)
Al Cohn ,
Danny Bank , George Dorsey,
Jerome Richardson ,
Gerry Dodgian [sic] (1, 2, 8, 9), Phil Bodner (5, 6, 11, 12),
Phil Woods , Romeo Penque (3, 4, 7, 10), Stan Webb - reeds
Paul Faulise,
Willie Dennis ,
Rod Levitt (1, 2, 8, 9),
Quentin Jackson , Urbie Green, Tony Stud (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12),
Jimmy Cleveland (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) - trombone
Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn (1, 2, 3, 8, 9)
Bernie Glow ,
Ernie Royal ,
Snooky Young ,
Jimmy Maxwell (1, 2, 8, 9),
Joe Newman - trumpet
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Duke Ellington With
Johnny Hodges With
Quincy Jones With
Herbie Mann With
Oliver Nelson With others
My Kinda Swing (
Ernestine Anderson , 1959)
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
Soul Summit Vol. 2 (
Gene Ammons , 1961)
Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
One Foot in the Gutter (
Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Goodies (
George Benson , 1968)
Bobo's Beat (
Willie Bobo , 1968)
Jam Session (
Clifford Brown , 1954)
Ruth Brown '65 (
Ruth Brown , 1964)
Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
Byrd at the Gate (
Charlie Byrd , 1963)
Son of Drum Suite (
Al Cohn , 1960)
The Magic Touch (
Tadd Dameron , 1962)
Afro-Jaws (
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
Ella Abraça Jobim (
Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)
Big Band Bossa Nova (
Stan Getz , 1962)
Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
Gillespiana (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
Cookin' (
Paul Gonsalves , 1957)
The Big Soul-Band (
Johnny Griffin , 1960)
White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
Homage to Duke (
Dave Grusin , 1993)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (
Chico Hamilton , 1966)
It's About Time (
Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
You Better Know It!!! (
Lionel Hampton , 1964)
Really Big! (
Jimmy Heath , 1960)
Friends Old and New (
John Hicks , 1992)
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (
JATP , 1983)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
J.J.! (
J.J. Johnson , 1964)
Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
Summit Meeting (
Elvin Jones , 1977)
Down Home (
Sam Jones , 1962)
At Newport '63 (
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
The Centaur and the Phoenix (
Yusef Lateef , 1960)
Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (
Mundell Lowe , 1960)
Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
The Soul of Hollywood (
Junior Mance , 1962)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (
Gary McFarland , 1961)
Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (
Charles Mingus , 1960)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
Smooth as the Wind (
Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
Jazz Dialogue (
Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (
Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
That's How I Love the Blues! (
Mark Murphy , 1962)
Nine Flags (
Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
Basically Duke (
Oscar Pettiford , 1954)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (
Big Joe Turner , 1974)
Bossa Nova Carnival (
Dave Pike , 1962)
Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
New Fantasy (
Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Hobo Flats (
Jimmy Smith , 1963)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (
Sonny Stitt , 1965)
I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Taylor Made Jazz (
Billy Taylor , 1959)
New York City R&B (
Cecil Taylor , 1961)
Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
Out of the Storm (
Ed Thigpen , 1966)
Devil May Care (
Teri Thornton , 1960–61)
Joyride (
Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Live at Newport (
McCoy Tyner , 1963)
Dinah Jams (
Dinah Washington , 1954)
Uhuru Afrika (
Randy Weston , 1960)
At Newport '63 (with
Joe Williams , 1963)
New York, New Sound (
Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Kai Olé (
Kai Winding , 1961)
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (
Jimmy Woode , 1957)