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Biography

Early life and career

Oliver Nelson's family was musical: his brother was also a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six, and started on the saxophone at eleven. From 1947 he played in "territory" bands around Saint Louis, before joining the Louis Jordan big band from 1950 to 1951, playing alto sax and arranging. After military service in the Marines, he returned to Missouri to study music – composition and theory – at Washington and Lincoln Universities, graduating in 1958. Charles Melvin (Cootie) Williams (1910-1985) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American blues, jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... “Washington University” redirects here. ... Lincoln University of Missouri is located in Jefferson City. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After graduation, Nelson moved to New York, playing with Erskine Hawkins and Wild Bill Davis, and working as the house arranger for the Apollo Theater in Harlem. He also played on the West Coast briefly with the Louie Bellson big band in 1959, and in the same year began recording as leader with small groups. From 1960 to 1961 he played tenor sax with Quincy Jones, both in the U.S. and on tour in Europe. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Erskine Hawkins (July 26, 1914-November 11, 1993), born in Birmingham, Alabama, was a trumpet player, big band leader, and most notably, the composer of the jazz standard, Tuxedo Junction (1939), which became a popular hit during World War II. In 1978 Erskine Hawkins became one of the first five... Wild Bill Davis was the stage name of American jazz musician William Davis (b. ... Apollo Theater marquee, c. ... For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... This article is about the producer and songwriter. ...

Breakthrough and afterwards

After six albums as leader between 1959 and 1961 for the Prestige label with such musicians as Kenny Dorham, Johnny Hammond Smith, Eric Dolphy, Roy Haynes, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest), Nelson's big breakthrough came with The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!) containing the now established standard "Stolen Moments". This made his name as a composer and arranger, and he went on to record a number of big-band albums, as well as working as an arranger for Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Eddie Davis, Johnny Hodges, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Smith, Billy Taylor, Stanley Turrentine and many more. He also led all-star big bands in various live performances between 1966 and 1975. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Prestige Records was a record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock (October 2, 1928–January 14, 2006). ... McKinley Howard (Kenny) Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. ... Johnny Hammond Smith (born John Robert Smith) was an American soul jazz organist born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 16, 1933 and who died on June 4, 1997. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... He is equally adept at gracefully backing a singer like Sarah Vaughan or in explosive interactions with the likes of John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Eric Dolphy, or Andrew Hill. ... Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934– August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz. ... Jimmy Forrest (January 24, 1920 - August 26, 1980) was a jazz musician who played tenor saxophone throughout his career. ... The Blues and the Abstract Truth is a hard bop album by Oliver Nelson recorded in February 1961. ... Impulse! Records is an American based jazz record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records in New York City. ... Stolen Moments is a jazz standard composed by Oliver Nelson. ... Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida, was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Eddie Davis is the name of: a heavyweight boxer a jazz tenor saxophonist (Eddie Lockjaw Davis) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Johnny Hodges in concert, Feb. ... John Leslie Wes Montgomery (6 March 1923 - 15 June 1968) was an American jazz guitarist and the grandfather of actor Anthony Montgomery. ... Bernard Buddy Rich (September 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... A young Jimmy Smith, on the 1958 album House Party Jimmy Smith, nicknamed The Incredible Jimmy Smith, (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose instrument was the Hammond B-3 electric organ. ... Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. ... Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1967, Nelson moved to Los Angeles. Apart from his big-band appearances (in Berlin, Montreux, New York, and Los Angeles), he toured West Africa with a small group. He also spent a great deal of time composing music for television (Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and Longstreet) and films (Death of a Gunfighter and he arranged Gato Barbieri's music for Last Tango in Paris). He produced and arranged for pop stars such as Nancy Wilson, James Brown, the Temptations, and Diana Ross. Oliver Nelson died of a heart attack on 28 October 1975, aged 43. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... Ironside (originally broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) was a Universal television series which ran on NBC from March 28, 1967 to January 16, 1975. ... Night Gallery was Rod Serlings follow-up to The Twilight Zone, airing on NBC from 1970 to 1973. ... Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. ... The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer to the Office of Scientific Intelligence, but sometimes was called the Office of Scientific Investigation). ... The Bionic Woman was a television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. ... Longstreet can mean: Longstreet, a place in Louisiana, United States. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Death of a Gunfighter is a 1969 Western movie, it is most notable for the first use of the Allen Smithee directorial credit. ... Leandro Barbieri (born on November 28, 1934 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province) better known as El Gato Barbieri (Spanish for Barbieri the Cat) is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in... Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Il Tango Ultimo nei Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a young, soon-to-be-married Parisian woman. ... Nancy Wilson (b. ... James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ... “Temptations” redirects here. ... For the author-illustrator, see Diana Ross (author). ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Discography

• 1959: Meet Oliver Nelson: Featuring Kenny Dorham
• 1960: Taking Care of Business
• 1960: Screamin' the Blues
• 1960: Soul Battle
• 1960: Nocturne
• 1961: Straight Ahead
• 1961: The Blues and the Abstract Truth
• 1961: Main Stem
• 1962: Afro/American Sketches
• 1964: More Blues and the Abstract Truth
• 1964: Fantabulous
• 1966: Sound Pieces
• 1967: Live in Los Angeles
• 1971: Swiss Suite
• 1971: Impressions of Berlin
• 1974: In London with Oily Rags
• 1975: Skull Session
• 1976: A Dream Deferred

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References

• Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. Jazz: The Rough Guide. ISBN 1-85828-528-3
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6

External links

• Oliver Nelson — biography by Scott Yanow for AllMusic
• Oliver Nelson — brief introduction from the Jazz Files
• Oliver Nelson — introduction from Impulse! Records
• Oliver Nelson: A Discography — Douglas Payne's site, including discographies of Nelson's work in different genres, reviews, etc.