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| 1. | Stolen Moments
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| 2. | Hoe Down
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| 3. | Cascades
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| 4. | Yearnin'
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| 5. | Butch and Butch
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| 6. | Teenie's Blues
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Jazz
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 23, 1961
Oliver Nelson alto & tenor saxophones
Eric Dolphy Alto Saxophone, Flute
George Barrow Baritone Saxophone
Freddie Hubbard Trumpet
Bill Evans Piano
Paul Chambers Bass
Roy Haynes Drums
Beautifully recorded and easily the best album of his career, which, early on, had included stints with Louis Jordan and Quincy Jones, and conducting and arranging for Jimmy Smith (notably `Walk On The Wild Side'). The personnel on this record is formidable and probably enhances the album's high standing - Eric Dolphy (alto and flute), Bill Evans (piano), Roy Haynes (drums), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), George Barrow (baritone) and Nelson (alto, tenor and writer/arranger). Lush arrangements on tracks such as `Stolen Moments' are outstanding. It is hard to imagine that the man wholly behind this exceptional album was responsible for the Six Million Dollar Man television series theme.
* Audrey Nelson - Photography
* Bill Levenson - Reissue Supervisor
* Cameron Mizell - Production Coordination
* Creed Taylor - Producer
* Ellen Fitton - Mastering
* Hollis King - Art Direction
* Isabelle Wong - Package Design
* Joe Lebow - Liner Design
* Pete Turner - Cover Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues and the Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all-time classic "Stolen Moments," but on this recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to form an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a rhythm section. "Stolen Moments" really needs no comments, as its undisputable beauty shines through in a three-part horn harmony fronting Hubbard's lead melody. It's a thing of beauty that is more timeless as the years pass. The "Blues" aspect is best heard on "Yearnin'," a stylish, swinging, and swaying downhearted piece that is a bluesy as Evans would ever be. Both "Blues" and "Abstract Truth" combine for the darker "Teenie's Blues," a feature for Nelson and Dolphy's alto saxes, Dolphy assertive in stepping forth with his distinctive, angular, dramatic, fractured, brittle voice that marks him a maverick. Then there's "Hoedown," which has always been the black sheep of this collection with its country flavor and stereo separated upper and lower horn in snappy call-and-response barking. As surging and searing hard boppers respectively, "Cascades" and "Butch & Butch" again remind you of the era of the early '60s when this music was king, and why Hubbard was so revered as a young master of the idiom. This CD is a must buy for all jazz collectors, and a Top Ten-Fifty favorite for many.
--- Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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