This is the discography for American jazz musician Oliver Nelson. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Year recorded | Album | Notes | Label | Year released |
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1959 | Meet Oliver Nelson | Quintet with Kenny Dorham and Ray Bryant | Prestige | 1959 |
1960 | Taking Care of Business | Quintet with Johnny "Hammond" Smith and Lem Winchester | Prestige | 1960 |
1960 | Screamin' the Blues | Sextet with Eric Dolphy and Richard Williams | Prestige | 1961 |
1960 | Nocturne | Quintet with Lem Winchester | Prestige | 1961 |
1960 | Soul Battle | Sextet with King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest | Prestige | 1962 |
1961 | The Blues and the Abstract Truth | Septet with Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Eric Dolphy, Paul Chambers and Freddie Hubbard | Impulse! | 1961 |
1961 | Straight Ahead | Quintet with Eric Dolphy | Prestige | 1961 |
1961 | Main Stem | Sextet with Joe Newman | Prestige | 1962 |
1961 | Afro/American Sketches | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Prestige | 1962 |
1962 | Impressions of Phaedra | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | United Artists | 1962 |
1962-63 | Full Nelson | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Verve | 1963 |
1964 | Fantabulous | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Argo | 1964 |
1964 | More Blues and the Abstract Truth | Sextet/Septet/Octet arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson | Impulse! | 1965 |
1965 | Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson | Rita Reys with Orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson | Philips | 1965 |
1966 | Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Impulse! | 1966 |
1966 | Sound Pieces | Oliver Nelson Orchestra/Quartet | Impulse! | 1967 |
1966 | Happenings | Hank Jones and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra featuring Clark Terry | Impulse! | 1966 |
1966 | Encyclopedia of Jazz | Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars [split album] | Verve | 1967 |
1966-67 | The Sound of Feeling | Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars [split album] | Verve | 1968 |
1967 | The Spirit of '67 | Pee Wee Russell and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Impulse! | 1967 |
1967 | The Kennedy Dream | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Impulse! | 1967 |
1967 | Live from Los Angeles | Oliver Nelson's Big Band | Impulse! | 1967 |
1967 | Jazzhattan Suite | Jazz Interactions Orchestra | Verve | 1968 |
1968 | Soulful Brass | Oliver Nelson with Steve Allen | Impulse! | 1968 |
1969 | Black, Brown and Beautiful | Oliver Nelson Orchestra | Flying Dutchman | 1970 |
1970 | Zig Zag | Original Motion Picture Score | MGM | 1970 |
1970 | In Tokyo | Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats and Oliver Nelson | Columbia (Japan) | 1970 |
1970 | Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra | Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband" | Flying Dutchman | 1971 |
1971 | Swiss Suite | Oliver Nelson Orchestra featuring Gato Barbieri and Eddie Vinson | Flying Dutchman | 1972 |
1974 | Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags | Oliver Nelson with Oily Rags | Flying Dutchman | 1974 |
1975 | Skull Session | Oliver Nelson | Flying Dutchman | 1975 |
1975 | Stolen Moments | Oliver Nelson | East Wind | 1975 |
With Gato Barbieri
With Johnny Hodges
With Paul Horn
With Kimiko Kasai
With Herbie Mann
With Della Reese
With Buddy Rich
With Diana Ross
With Shirley Scott
With Jimmy Smith
With Billy Taylor
With Leon Thomas
With Joe Williams
With Nancy Wilson
With Kai Winding
| With others
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With Gene Ammons
With Count Basie
With Jimmy Forrest
With Etta Jones
With Frank Wess
With Lem Winchester
With Chris Connor
With Red Garland
With Etta Jones
With Quincy Jones
With Louis Jordan
With Leon Thomas
| With others
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