Meet Oliver Nelson Featuring Kenny Dorham Meet Oliver Nelson The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Oliver Nelson's debut as a leader found him at the age of 27 already a distinctive and skilled tenor-saxophonist. For this quintet set (reissued on CD in the OJC series), Nelson teams up with the veteran trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Art Taylor for four of his originals plus the ballads "Passion Flower" and "What's New." Although none of these Nelson tunes caught on, this was an impressive beginning to a short but productive career and gives one a strong example of the multi-talented Nelson's tenor playing. Release Date: October 30, 1959 Duration: 36:34 African-American Classical Styles: Hard Bop Post-Bop Oliver’s Bio Bite: Active: 1950s - 1970s Born: June 4, 1932 in St. Louis, MO Died: October 27, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA
Meet Oliver Nelson The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Oliver Nelson's debut as a leader found him at the age of 27 already a distinctive and skilled tenor-saxophonist. For this quintet set (reissued on CD in the OJC series), Nelson teams up with the veteran trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Art Taylor for four of his originals plus the ballads "Passion Flower" and "What's New." Although none of these Nelson tunes caught on, this was an impressive beginning to a short but productive career and gives one a strong example of the multi-talented Nelson's tenor playing. Release Date: October 30, 1959 Duration: 36:34 African-American Classical Styles: Hard Bop Post-Bop Oliver’s Bio Bite: Active: 1950s - 1970s Born: June 4, 1932 in St. Louis, MO Died: October 27, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA
