Top Oliver Nelson Albums
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Birth of a Jazz Legend
[2013]
[2013]
In a Sentimental Mood
[2013]
[2013]
Teenie's Blues
[2013]
[2013]
Black, Brown and Beautiful
[2013]
[2013]
Meet Oliver Nelson / Main Stem
[2013]
[2013]
The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions
[2011]
[2011]
Jazz Stars
[2009]
[2009]
Fantabulous
[2008]
[2008]
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
[2007]
[2007]
Rudy Van Gelder Remasters: Screamin' the Blues
[2006]
[2006]
Live from Los Angeles
[2005]
[2005]
More Blues and the Abstract Truth
[1997]
[1997]
Main Stem (with Joe Newman)
[1992]
[1992]
Sound Pieces
[1991]
[1991]
Skull Session
[1975]
[1975]
Swiss Suite
[1973]
[1973]
The Kennedy Dream
[1967]
[1967]
Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle
[1966]
[1966]
Straight Ahead (with Eric Dolphy)
[1961]
[1961]
Meet Oliver Nelson
[1960]
[1960]
Taking Care of Business (with Johnny "Hammond" Smith & Lem Winchester)
[1960]
[1960]
Related Information for Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a U.S. jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.Nelson was born on 4th June 1932 in St Louis, Missouri. His family was musical: his brother was 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 St 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.After graduation, Nelson moved to New York, playing with Erskine... read more
