Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra

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Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra
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Live album by
Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband"
Released1971
RecordedNovember 5, 1970
Venue Berliner Jazztage, Berlin, Germany
Genre Jazz
Label Flying Dutchman FD 10134
Producer Bob Thiele
Oliver Nelson chronology
Zig Zag
(1970)
Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra
(1971)
Leon Thomas in Berlin
(1971)

Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band recorded at the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label. [1] [2]

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "None of the individual pieces caught on but taken as a whole, this out-of-print LP should please big-band collectors and serves as a good example of Oliver Nelson's writing style". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Nelson.

  1. "Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra" - 18:25
    1. "Confrontation"
    2. "Check point Charlie"
    3. "Relative Calm"
    4. "Over the Wall"
  2. "Impressions of Berlin: Ku-Damm" - 6:02
  3. "Impressions of Berlin: Wannsee" - 5:21
  4. "Impressions of Berlin: Heidi" - 6:07
  5. "Impressions of Berlin: Berlin bei Nacht" - 5:14

Personnel

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References

  1. Payne, D., Oliver Nelson discography accessed February 8, 2016
  2. Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed February 8, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 8, 2016.