Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra

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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, 1970Berliner Jazztage, Berlin, Germany Label Flying Dutchman FD 10134 Similar Swiss Suite, Black - Brown and Beautiful, Oliver Nelson Plays Mic, Soulful Brass, Fantabulous

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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.

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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

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