Oliver Nelson Screamin' The Blues

180g Vinyl LP Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray!
Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray.
Oliver Nelson is known to posterity primarily as an arranger and band leader. When he made a name for himself with a series of recordings for the Prestige label, he was hailed as a leader of small ensembles and a composer who refreshed musical traditions while looking to the future. Screamin' the Blues is an excellent proof of this: a rousing, funky-modern set, interpreted by a virtuoso and visionary sextet. The cast includes saxophonist Eric Dolphy as well as Richard Williams, Richard Wyands, George Duvivier and Roy Haynes.
Posterity remembers Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) primarily as an arranger/conductor. When he first began to attract attention with a series of albums for Prestige and its subsidiaries, however, Nelson was hailed as a versatile leader of small groups and a composer/instrumentalist who could refresh the music's traditional verities while also looking ahead. There is no better showcase for these skills among his initial sessions than Screamin' the Blues, a rousing set of funky modernism interpreted by a sextet of players who shared Nelson's allegiance to both virtuosity and vision. The pairing of saxophonist Eric Dolphy with Nelson was particularly inspired as both men were adept on more than one instrument, and allowed this sextet to create an uncommon diversity of colors. Nelson and Dolphy would reunite a year later on both the classic Blues and the Abstract Truth and (with the band heard here minus trumpeter Richard Williams) on the looser yet intense Straight Ahead. With Richard Williams, Eric Dolphy, Richard Wyands, George Duvivier and Roy Haynes.

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Stereo
• Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray
• Pressed at QRP
• Tip-On Jacket on Thick Cardboard Stock

Musicians:

• Oliver Nelson, tenor and alto saxophones
• Richard Williams, trumpet
• Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone and bass clarinet
• Richard Wyands, piano
• George Duvivier, bass
• Roy Haynes, drums

Selections:

Side A
1. Screamin' the Blues
2. March On, March On
3. The Drive
Side B
1. The Meetin'
2. Three Seconds
3. Alto-itis