Singer:

Oliver Nelson Orchestra

Album:

Afro/American Sketches

Genre:

Jazz

mp3 album size:

1486 mb

ape album size:

1569 mb

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Rating:

3.5 ✱

Label: Prestige ‎– PR 7225, Prestige ‎– PRLP 7225
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Date of released: 1962
Category: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Big Band

Oliver Nelson Orchestra - Afro/American Sketches

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Tracklist

A1	Message
A2	Jungleaire
A3	Emancipation Blues
B1	There's A Yearning
B2	Going Up North
B3	Disillusioned
B4	Freedom Dance

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Jerry Dodgion (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Arthur "Babe" Clark* (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
Bass – Art Davis
Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Peter Makis (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
Congas, Bongos – Ray Barretto
Drums – Ed Shaughnessy
French Horn – Jim Buffington (tracks: A1, B1), Julius Watkins (tracks: A1, B1), Ray Alonge (tracks: A1, B1)
Piano – Patti Bown (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Supervised By – Esmond Edwards
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor, Liner Notes – Oliver Nelson
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Eric Dixon (tracks: A2, A3, B2 to B4)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Bob Ashton* (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
Trombone – Billy Byers (tracks: A2, B2), Britt Woodman (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Melba Liston (tracks: A2, B2), Paul Faulise (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Urbie Green (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
Trumpet – Clyde Reasinger (tracks: A2, B2), Ernie Royal, Jerry Kail, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
Tuba – Don Butterfield

Notes

Yellow/Black Fireworks label, Black lettering, Bergenfield address, RVG stamped in the dead wax.

1st date: A1, B1
2nd date: A3, B3, B4
3rd date: A2, B2

Recorded: September 29, 1961 and November 10, 1961

solos [from liner notes]:
A1 - Dodgion - fl, Davis - b, Shaughnessy, Barretto - d
A3 - Newman, Brown, Nelson - as
B1 (full title: There's A Yearnin' Deep Inside Me) - Dodgion - fl
B2 - Nelson - ts
B3 - McCracken - cello

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PRT 7225	Oliver Nelson Orchestra*	Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Prestige	PRT 7225	US	1972
PR 7225	Oliver Nelson Orchestra*	Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Transatlantic Records, Prestige	PR 7225	UK	1966
BJS 40100	Oliver Nelson Orchestra*	Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album)	Bellaphon, Prestige	BJS 40100	Germany	Unknown
PR 7225, PRST 7225	Oliver Nelson Orchestra*	Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album)	Prestige, Prestige	PR 7225, PRST 7225	US	Unknown
00025218181921	Oliver Nelson Orchestra*	Afro/American Sketches ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Prestige	00025218181921	Europe	2006