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Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags

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Released
  
1974

Artist
  
Oliver Nelson

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)
  
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Release date
  
1974

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
April 1974 London, England with overdubs in New York City

Label
  
Flying Dutchman BDL 1-0592

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Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags is an album by Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded London in 1974 for the Flying Dutchman label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 1½ stars stating "Nelson plays well and there are some good moments (particularly on Jobim's "Meditation") but most of the backup musicians sound quite anonymous and little of significant occurs".

Track listing

  1. "Lucille" (Little Richard, Albert Collins) - 6:13
  2. "Woggles" (Chas Hodges, Dave Peacock) - 1:56
  3. "Cairo to Benghazi" (Joe Jammer) - 10:06
  4. "Working Man (Hodges, Peacock) - 3:49
  5. "Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 6:00
  6. "Mailman Bring Me No More Blues" (Bob Katz, Ruth Ann Roberts, Bob Thiele) - 4:42
  7. "Hillbilly" (Hodges, Peacock) - 3:42

Personnel

  • Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Jimmy Maxwell, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
  • Mike Moran - piano
  • Hugh Burns (tracks 1 & 4-7), Joe Jammer (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 7) - electric guitar
  • Chas Hodges (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7), Dave Peacock (tracks 1, 2 & 7) - guitar
  • Pat Donaldson - electric bass
  • Pete Gavin - drums
  • Chris Karan, Frank Ricotti - percussion (tracks 4 & 5)

    • References

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