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This is the discography for American jazz musician Oliver Nelson.[1][2][3][4][5]

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded Album Notes Label Year released
1959 Meet Oliver Nelson Quintet with Kenny Dorham and Ray Bryant Prestige 1959
1960 Taking Care of Business Quintet with Johnny "Hammond" Smith and Lem Winchester Prestige 1960
1960 Screamin' the Blues Sextet with Eric Dolphy and Richard Williams Prestige 1961
1960 Nocturne Quintet with Lem Winchester Prestige 1961
1960 Soul Battle Sextet with King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest Prestige 1962
1961 The Blues and the Abstract Truth Septet with Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Eric Dolphy, Paul Chambers and Freddie Hubbard Impulse! 1961
1961 Straight Ahead Quintet with Eric Dolphy Prestige 1961
1961 Main Stem Sextet with Joe Newman Prestige 1962
1961 Afro/American Sketches Oliver Nelson Orchestra Prestige 1962
1962 Impressions of Phaedra Oliver Nelson Orchestra United Artists 1962
1962-63 Full Nelson Oliver Nelson Orchestra Verve 1963
1964 Fantabulous Oliver Nelson Orchestra Argo 1964
1964 More Blues and the Abstract Truth Sextet/Septet/Octet arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson Impulse! 1965
1965 Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson Rita Reys with Orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson Philips 1965
1966 Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle Oliver Nelson Orchestra Impulse! 1966
1966 Sound Pieces Oliver Nelson Orchestra/Quartet Impulse! 1967
1966 Happenings Hank Jones and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra featuring Clark Terry Impulse! 1966
1966 Encyclopedia of Jazz Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars [split album] Verve 1967
1966-67 The Sound of Feeling Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars [split album] Verve 1968
1967 The Spirit of '67 Pee Wee Russell and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra Impulse! 1967
1967 The Kennedy Dream Oliver Nelson Orchestra Impulse! 1967
1967 Live from Los Angeles Oliver Nelson's Big Band Impulse! 1967
1967 Jazzhattan Suite Jazz Interactions Orchestra Verve 1968
1968 Soulful Brass Oliver Nelson with Steve Allen Impulse! 1968
1969 Black, Brown and Beautiful Oliver Nelson Orchestra Flying Dutchman 1970
1970 Zig Zag Original Motion Picture Score MGM 1970
1970 In Tokyo Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats and Oliver Nelson Columbia (Japan) 1970
1970 Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband" Flying Dutchman 1971
1971 Swiss Suite Oliver Nelson Orchestra featuring Gato Barbieri and Eddie Vinson Flying Dutchman 1972
1974 Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags Oliver Nelson with Oily Rags Flying Dutchman 1974
1975 Skull Session Oliver Nelson Flying Dutchman 1975
1975 Stolen Moments Oliver Nelson East Wind 1975

Compilations

  • A Dream Deferred (Flying Dutchman 1969-75 [1976]) – Selections from Flying Dutchman albums + 2 previously unreleased tracks
  • Back Talk (Chess, 1964 [1976]) with Lou Donaldson – Compilation of Argo & Cadet LPs Fantabulous and Rough House Blues
  • Images (Prestige 1961 [1976]) with Eric Dolphy – Compilation of Prestige LPs Screamin' the Blues and Straight Ahead
  • Three Dimensions (Impulse! 1961-66, [1978]) – Compilation of Impulse! LPs The Blues and the Abstract Truth and Sound Pieces + 2 previously unreleased tracks
  • Black, Brown and Beautiful (Bluebird, 1970-75 [1989]) – reissue of Johnny Hodges Flying Dutchman LP 3 Shades of Blue + tracks from Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags and Skull Session
  • Verve Jazz Masters 48 (Verve, 1962-67 [1995]) – Selections from Verve albums
  • The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions (Mosaic, 1961-67 [2006])

Film and Television Scores

As arranger/conductor

An additional sideman role may be present in these recordings.

As arranger and sideman

With Gene Ammons

With Count Basie

  • Afrique (Flying Dutchman, 1970); also tenor saxophone

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

With Jimmy Forrest

  • Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962); tenor saxophone on one track

With Etta Jones

With Frank Wess

With Lem Winchester

Credited as sideman only

With Cannonball Adderley

With Manny Albam

With Elek Bacsik

  • I Love You (Bob Thie, 1973)

With Louie Bellson

With Clea Bradford

  • These Dues (Tru-Sound, 1961)

With Chris Connor

  • Free Spirits (Atlantic, 1962)
  • Richard Rodgers' No Strings: An After-Theatre Version (Atlantic, 1962) with Bobby Short

With Duke Ellington

With Red Garland

With Etta Jones

With J. J. Johnson

  • J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1964) – reeds

With Quincy Jones

With Louis Jordan

  • "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich"/"How Blue Can You Get" (Decca, 1951)
  • "Please Don't Leave Me"/"Three-Handed Woman" (Decca, 1951)
  • "Trust in Me"/"Cock-a-Doodle Doo"/"Work Baby Work" (Decca, 1951)
  • "May Every Day Be Christmas"/"Bone Dry" (Decca, 1951)
  • "Louisville Lodge Meeting"/"Work Baby Work" (Decca, 1951)
  • "Slow Down" (Decca, 1951 [1952])
  • "Fat Sam from Birmingham" (Decca, 1951 [1953])
  • "There Must Be a Way" (Decca, 1951 [1953])
  • "Come And Get It" (Decca, 1951 [1954])

With Eddie Kirkland

  • It's the Blues Man! (Tru-Sound, 1962)

With Mundell Lowe

With Gary McFarland

With Joe Newman

With Shirley Scott

With Johnny "Hammond" Smith

With Leon Thomas

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Nelson Albums and Discography". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Oliver Nelson". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Payne, Douglas. "Oliver Nelson Discography: 1951-1966". DougPayne.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Payne, Douglas. "Oliver Nelson Discography: 1967-2005". DougPayne.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Payne, Douglas. "Oliver Nelson Discography: 2006-present". DougPayne.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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