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Released
  
End of August 1963

Full Nelson (1962-63)
  
Fantabulous (1964)

Release date
  
August 1963

Label
  
Compulsion

Length
  
41:05

Artist
  
Oliver Nelson

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

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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

Similar
  
Fantabulous, Afro/American Sketches, The Blues and the Abstract T, Nocturne, Soulful Brass

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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. Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down, a composition that initially appeared in a septet version on The Blues and the Abstract Truth, in a driving big band arrangement that features Clark Terry.

Contents

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."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Full Nelson" – 2:47
  2. "Skokiaan" (Msarurgwa, Glazer) - 1:54
  3. "Miss Fine" - 4:11
  4. "Majorca" - 3:06
  5. "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim) - 4:55
  6. "Back Woods" - 3:32
  7. "Lila's Theme" (Goldsmith) - 3:55
  8. "Ballad for Benny" - 2:36
  9. "Hoe Down" - 2:50
  10. "Paris Blues" (Ellington) - 2:57
  11. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Newley, Bricusse) - 3:51
  12. "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 (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, 8, 9)
  • Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Jimmy Maxwell (1, 2, 8, 9), Joe Newman - trumpet

    • Songs

    1Full Nelson2:49
    2Skokian1:54
    3Miss Fine4:12

    References

    Full Nelson (album) Wikipedia
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