Released 1967 | Length 33:50 Nelson tracks Release date 1967 | |
Recorded November 3-4, 1966Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Encyclopedia of Jazz, Jazzhattan Suite, Fantabulous, The Kennedy Dream, Sound Pieces | ||
Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz (aka Encyclopedia of Jazz, Vol. 1) is a compilation album of pieces by Oliver Nelson and others assembled by Leonard Feather. It was recorded in 1965 and 1966 for Verve Records. In 2006, Mosaic Records released all the Oliver Nelson tracks, together with some unissued pieces recorded at the same session, on the second CD of the compilation Oliver Nelson: The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions. Some of them were also included at the time on Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and the Sound of Oliver Nelson (V6-8743, 1968).
Contents
Track listing
Encyclopedia of Jazz, Vol. 1
- "Blues for Eileen"
- "C Jam Blues"
- "O.G.D. (Road Song)"
- "St. Louis Blues"
- "I Remember Bird"
- "John Brown's Blues"
Oliver Nelson: The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (CD 2)
- "St. Louis Blues" - 6:10
- "I Remember Bird" - 6:28
- "Ricardo's Dilemma" - 2:33
- "Patterns for Orchestra" - 3:13
- "The Sidewalks of New York" [aka "East Side, West Side"] - 6:30
- "Greensleeves" - 2:28
- "John Brown's Blues" - 3:22
- "Twelve Tone Blues" - 3:06
Recorded on November 3 (#1-4) and November 4 (#5-8), 1966.