Jazzhattan Suite

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Jazzhattan Suite
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Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedNovember 13–14, 1967
Studio Capitol (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length32:20
Label Verve
V6-8731
Producer Esmond Edwards
Oliver Nelson chronology
Live from Los Angeles
(1967)
Jazzhattan Suite
(1968)
Soulful Brass
(1968)
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Jazzhattan Suite is a big band jazz album composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson and performed by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra. It was recorded in late 1967 and released in 1968 on Verve Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "A Typical Day in New York " - 4:45
  2. "The East Side/The West Side" - 4:12
  3. "125th and 7th Avenue" - 6:38
  4. "A Penthouse Dawn" - 3:09
  5. "One for Duke" - 5:26
  6. "Complex City" - 8:10

Recorded on November 13 (#2-6) and November 14 (#1), 1967.

Personnel

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