View basket “Crime Pays” has been added to your basket. Skull Session Oliver Nelson SKU: TWM50LITAGLD Barcode: 717340688736 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Tidal Waves Music Released Date: 27th January 2023 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info GOLD Vinyl Edition Limited to 500 copies, comes with obi strip. Cosmic Jazz-Funk Classic from 1975. All-Star Line-up (featuring Lonnie Liston Smith). Comes packaged in Gatefold jacket with liner notes. Deluxe 180g vinyl edition. Oliver Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer and bandleader. Oliver was born into a musical family in Missouri (his brother was a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano) so he began learning to play the piano when he was six and started on the saxophone at the age of eleven. In 1947 Nelson already started playing in local bands in and around the Saint Louis area. After his military service Nelson returned to Missouri to study music composition and theory. Upon completing his education and getting his degree, Oliver moved to New York City, playing with Erskine Hawkins and Wild Bill Davis, and working as the house arranger for the Apollo Theater. In the late 1950s he was the leader of various groups and began recording for Prestige Records. From 1960 to 1961, he played with legendary artists such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington before joining the Quincy Jones big band (touring both in the U.S. and in Europe). After recording many successful records on various labels he had already made a name for himself as a distinctive composer/arranger and moved to Los Angeles where he started composing background music for television and films (including large productions such as Columbo and The Six Million Dollar Man). He also arranged Gato Barbieri’s music for Last Tango in Paris. Next to his own recordings…in the following decade Oliver Nelson has worked as an arranger, writer and instrumentalist on large ensemble albums for artists such as Thelonious Monk, Leon Thomas, Burning Spear and Louis Armstrong. Next to his Prestige and Impulse! albums he also recorded for big labels such as Capitol, Columbia and Verve Records. Nelson produced albums for big acts from the likes of James Brown, The Temptations and Diana Ross. Oliver Nelson’s work was sampled on records by Moby, Beastie Boys, DJ Shadow, J Dilla and countless others. But he is perhaps best remembered for his 1960 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth, often regarded as being among the most significant recordings of its era. Oliver Nelson was unfortunately lost to the world of Jazz in 1975 when he died aged 43 from a heart attack. He left us with an impressive legacy…to say the least. Today we present to you another classic recording by Mr. Nelson (Skull Session) recorded in 1975 for the ‘Flying Dutchman’ label. Here on this album, Oliver Nelson plays with a HUGE all-star line-up consisting of Jerome Richardson (Miles Davis-Alice Coltrane), Bud Shank (Ravi Shankar-Astrud Gilberto), Bill Perkins (Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker), Chuck Domanico (Prince-Mary J. Blige), Maurice Spears (Herbie Hancock-Betty Davis), Buddy Collette (Charles Mingus-Chet Baker), Shelly Manne (Ornette Coleman), Bobby Bryant (Lalo Schifrin-Dennis Coffey), Oscar Brashear (Count Basie-Marvin Gaye), David Duke (Ella Fitzgerald-Lionel Richie), Vincent DeRosa (Jim Sullivan-Pharoah Sanders) and on the keyboards Mr. Cosmic funk himself: Lonnie Liston Smith ! Skull Session is a monster of an album that keeps Nelson’s 1960s trademark sound but takes a deep dive into Jazz-funk and adds disco, groovy soul, Bossa nova and electronic funk in the process. Oliver Nelson successfully included electronic instruments (like the Moog & ARP) and the incorporation of the rhythms that are often associated with them…all this without detracting in any way from the high-quality recordings he became known for. Every track is an original composition with a strong melody line and an imaginative arrangement…all living up to Oliver Nelson’s tremendous reputation as an arranger and composer. A sonic testament in every sense of the word. This is a GEM that is a must own for any kind of Bop fan. Today we are proud to present to you the much-needed vinyl reissue of this outstanding album originally released in 1975 on the Flying Dutchman label. This reissue is now available as a deluxe 180g GOLD vinyl edition (limited to 500 copies), packaged in a gatefold jacket featuring the original artwork and sleeve notes by jazz novelist Nat Hentoff. Artist Oliver Nelson Genre Jazz Label Tidal Waves Music Buying Options 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Skull Session Reuben's Rondo 125th St. And 7th Ave One for Duke Dumpy Mama Baja Bossa In a Japanese Garden Flight for Freedom Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Oliver Nelson and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Oliver Nelson The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd July 2021 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oliver Nelson The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 3566914 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Oliver Nelson The Blues & The Abstract Truth Analogue Productions | SACD Released 26th May 2011 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oliver Nelson The Blues & The Abstract Truth £29.00 Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CIPJ5SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 26th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Oliver Nelson Screamin’ The Blues Jazz | Concord | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 19th May 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oliver Nelson Screamin’ The Blues £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7235120 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 19th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kay Young and Venna and Marco Bernardis Feel Like Making Love / Where Are We Going? 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