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Oliver Nelson Sextet - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) CD Rip

Oliver Nelson Sextet - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) CD Rip
  • Title: The Blues And The Abstract Truth
  • Year Of Release: 2010
  • Label: Analogue Productions[CIPJ 5 SA]
  • Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 36:46
  • Total Size: 279 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Stolen Moments (8:47)
02. Hoe-Down (4:44)
03. Cascades (5:34)
04. Yearnin' (6:24)
05. Butch And Butch (4:36)
06. Teenie's Blues (6:41)
Oliver Nelson Sextet - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) CD Rip

personnel :

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone; flute on "Stolen Moments"
Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone; alto saxophone on "Teenie's Blues"
George Barrow – baritone saxophone
Bill Evans – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues and the Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all-time classic "Stolen Moments," but on this recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to form an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a rhythm section. "Stolen Moments" really needs no comments, as its undisputable beauty shines through in a three-part horn harmony fronting Hubbard's lead melody. It's a thing of beauty that is more timeless as the years pass. The "Blues" aspect is best heard on "Yearnin'," a stylish, swinging, and swaying downhearted piece that is a bluesy as Evans would ever be. Both "Blues" and "Abstract Truth" combine for the darker "Teenie's Blues," a feature for Nelson and Dolphy's alto saxes, Dolphy assertive in stepping forth with his distinctive, angular, dramatic, fractured, brittle voice that marks him a maverick. Then there's "Hoedown," which has always been the black sheep of this collection with its country flavor and stereo separated upper and lower horn in snappy call-and-response barking. As surging and searing hard boppers respectively, "Cascades" and "Butch & Butch" again remind you of the era of the early '60s when this music was king, and why Hubbard was so revered as a young master of the idiom. A must buy for all jazz fans, and a Top Ten or Top Fifty favorite for many.~Michael G. Nastos



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  • paolo leonardini
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very good great music unforgettable