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Released
  
1971

Artist
  
Oliver Nelson

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (1970)
  
Swiss Suite (1971)

Release date
  
1971

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 5, 1970 Berliner Jazztage, Berlin, Germany

Label
  
Flying Dutchman FD 10134

Similar
  
Swiss Suite, Black - Brown and Beautiful, Oliver Nelson Plays Mic, Soulful Brass, Fantabulous

Berlin dialogue for orchestra over the wall


Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band recorded at the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.

Contents

Berlin dialogue for orchestra confrontation


Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "None of the individual pieces caught on but taken as a whole, this out-of-print LP should please big-band collectors and serves as a good example of Oliver Nelson's writing style".

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Nelson

  1. "Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra" - 18:25
    1. "Confrontation"
    2. "Check point Charlie"
    3. "Relative Calm"
    4. "Over the Wall"
  2. "Impressions of Berlin: Ku-Damm" - 6:02
  3. "Impressions of Berlin: Wannsee" - 5:21
  4. "Impressions of Berlin: Heidi" - 6:07
  5. "Impressions of Berlin: Berlin bei Nacht" - 5:14

Personnel

  • Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
  • Milo Pavlovic, Ronny Simmonds, Carmell Jones, Harry Stamp, Manfred Stoppachier - trumpet
  • Slide Hampton, Barry Ross, Åke Persson, Charles Orieux, Kurt Masnick - trombone
  • Leo Wright, Klaus Marmulla - alto saxophone
  • Adi Feuerstien, Rolf Romer - tenor saxophone
  • Jan Konopasek - baritone saxophone
  • Freddy L'Host - clarinet
  • Kai Rautenberg - piano
  • Hajo Lange - bass
  • Dai Bowen, Heinz Niemeyer - percussion

    • References

    Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra Wikipedia
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