Oliver Nelson - Skull Session (1975) {Flying Dutchman--BMG 74321887132 rel 2002}
Oliver Nelson - Skull Session (1975) {Flying Dutchman–BMG 74321887132 rel 2002}
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© 1975, 2002 Flying Dutchman / RCA Victor / BMG | 74321887132
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz / Post Bop
Anyone, who has been fortunate enough to play in a band that uses Oliver Nelson arrangements, will vouch for how clever and musical they are. On this session he was asked to include electronic instruments and incorporate the rhythms they are often associated with them. This has been attempted before and usually results in the most horrible ‘hodgepodge’ of sounds that please no one. Oliver Nelson however succeeds in incorporating the newer instruments without detracting in any way from the normal quality of his work. This is a very good album; every track is an original composition with a strong melody line and an imaginative arrangement.
The original 1975 sleeve note by Nat Hentoff is, as one would have expected from such a highly revered writer on jazz, interesting and informative. Personally, I feel the music which is now 27 years old, deserves another written piece putting it in context with today’s scene and other Oliver Nelson albums, but keeping the original as well is a must.
Skull Session, the title track starts out like an instrumental rock number, but it isn’t long before the jazz influence is felt. The standard of jazz solos is what you would expect from California’s top session men. Nat Hentoff and Oliver Nelson comment in the sleeve notes on the Trumpet playing of Oscar Brashear, I am surprised that we have not heard a lot more of him. I assume the Billy Perkins referred to, is the Bill Perkins Kenton band fans know and love.
Ruebens Rondo has a very strong theme and the arrangement has a distinct West Coast Big Band flavour that is very much to my liking. Jerome Richardson provides a very accomplished Alto solo and the whole band sounds very polished in this one. Track 3 is dedicated to the NY equivalent of Speaker’s corner in London. Bill Perkins on Baritone has the lead in the Sax soli.
Track 4, One for the Duke, has the Ducal sound but includes a good electric piano solo from Lonnie Liston Smith. I can’t imagine the Duke on electric piano, but that begs the point of the album. Dumpy Mama and Baja Bossa continue the Big Band feel, but in the last two tracks the guitar of Laurindo Almeida is introduced, giving another dimension to the music, this time with a smaller band.
This is s very fine album, which lives up to Oliver Nelson’s tremendous reputation as an arranger and composer.
Oliver Nelson - Skull Session (1975) {Flying Dutchman--BMG 74321887132 rel 2002}
Five stars for me… 5.0 out of 5 stars…
Personnel:
Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
Bobby Bryant, Oscar Brashear (#1-6,8) - trumpet, flugelhorn
Paul Hubinon, Buddy Childers - trumpet (#2-4)
Grover Mitchell, Richard Nash, Chauncey Welsch - trombone (#2-4)
Maurice Spears - bass trombone (#2-4)
Vincent DeRosa, Davis Allan Duke - French horn (#2-4)
Don Waldrop - tuba (#2-4)
Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Bud Shank - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, alto flute (#2-4,6,7)
Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, clarinet, tenor flute, alto flute (#2-4,6,7)
Billy Green - tenor saxophone (#1-5,8)
Billy Perkins - tenor saxopnone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (#1-5,8)
John Kelson Jr. - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (#6,7)
Lonnie Liston Smith - electric piano (#1-5,8)
Mike Wofford - electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, piano
Laurindo Almeida - guitar (#6,7)
Dennis Budimer, Lee Ritenour - electric guitar (#1,5,8)
Chuck Domanico - bass, electric bass
Shelly Manne - drums, percussion
Jimmy Gordon - drums (#1,5,7)
Willie Bobo - percussion
Recorded: January 7, 8 & 10, 1975, Los Angeles, CA.
Track Listing:
01 - Skull Session
02 - Reuben's Rondo
03 - 125th St. and 77th Ave.
04 - One for Duke
05 - Dumpy Mama
06 - Baja Bossa
07 - In a Japanese Garden
08 - Flight for Freedom
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Oliver Nelson / Skull Session
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Oliver Nelson / Skull Session
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Oliver Nelson - Skull Session (1975) {Flying Dutchman--BMG 74321887132 rel 2002}
Oliver Nelson - Skull Session (1975) {Flying Dutchman--BMG 74321887132 rel 2002}
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