Full Nelson
Studio album by
Oliver Nelson Orchestra
ReleasedEnd of August 1963[1]
RecordedNovember 19, 1962 (#1, 2, 8, 9)
February 26, 1963 (#3, 4, 7, 10)
March 28, 1963 (#5, 6, 11, 12)
StudioRCA Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:05
LabelVerve
V-8508
ProducerCreed Taylor
Oliver Nelson Orchestra chronology
Impressions of Phaedra
(1962) 		Full Nelson
(1963) 		Fantabulous
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Full Nelson is a jazz album by Oliver Nelson recorded in 1962 and 1963, and released on Verve Records. It is one of his first big band albums.[4] Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down, originally based on an Aaron Copland composition, which initially appeared in a septet version on The Blues and the Abstract Truth, in a driving big band arrangement that features Clark Terry.

Reception

Down Beat magazine critic Harvey Pekar wrote that, "Nelson's alto work is featured on Full Nelson, Skokiaan, and Leonard Bernstein's Cool. He plays fluently and melodically with a somewhat harder tone than he has used in the past. Back Woods is a humorous piece, dedicated to Phil Woods and spotlighting his biting alto playing."[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Full Nelson" – 2:47
  2. "Skokiaan" (Msarurgwa, Glazer) - 1:54
  3. "Miss Fine" - 4:11
  4. "Majorca" - 3:06
  5. "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim) - 4:55
  6. "Back Woods" - 3:32
  7. "Lila's Theme" (Goldsmith) - 3:55
  8. "Ballad for Benny" - 2:36
  9. "Hoe Down" - 2:50
  10. "Paris Blues" (Ellington) - 2:57
  11. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Newley, Bricusse) - 3:51
  12. "You Love But Once" - 4:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Aug 31, 1963
  2. ^ a b Down Beat: November 7, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 29
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Full Nelson at Discogs
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