Oliver Nelson Blues And The Abstract Truth Full Album

The main reason this wonderful recording became a classic is that it is accessible and the credit for that belongs entirely to oliver nelson.

Oliver nelson blues and the abstract truth full album. Cd album reissue remastered country. Its not quite kind of blue nothing is but blues and the abstract truth is an essential recording one that helped define the shape of jazz in the 60s. So classic yet so ahead of its time. Oliver edward nelson june 4 1932 october 28 1975 was an american jazz saxophonist clarinetist arranger composer and bandleader.

Many would come up with the miles davis john coltrane landmark kind of blue. Brilliant iconic classic session with great artists and original tunes composed by one of the greatest composers oliver nelson. Oliver nelson was a jazz arranger composer and saxophonist of considerable imagination and skill. Some would refer to the getzgilberto collaborations.

The stolen moments which opens the album is so beautifully arranged with each solo from freddy hubbard eric dolphy then oliver to bill evans paul chambers and roy haynes. Blues and the abstract truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all time classic stolen moments but on this recording assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. As oliver nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. He is perhaps best.