Soul Battle

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Soul Battle
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1962 (1962-05) [1]
RecordedSeptember 9, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz blues
Length37:56
Label Prestige
PRLP 7223
Producer Esmond Edwards
Oliver Nelson chronology
Nocturne
(1961)
Soul Battle
(1962)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
(1961)
King Curtis chronology
Soul Meeting
(1960)
Soul Battle
(1962)
Arthur Murray's Music for Dancing: The Twist!
(1961)

Soul Battle is an album by American saxophonists Oliver Nelson, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest. [2] Recorded in 1960 and originally released by the Prestige label in 1962, it was reissued on CD in 1991, featuring one additional track.

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Professional ratings
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Track listing

All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson; except where noted.

  1. "Blues at the Five Spot" - 5:43
  2. "Blues for M.F. (Mort Fega)" - 9:37
  3. "Anacruses" - 5:43
  4. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 9:22
  5. "In Passing" - 7:31
  6. "Soul Street" (Jimmy Forrest) - 9:07 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard June 2, 1961
  2. Soul Battle at Jazzdisco.org
  3. Soul Battle at AllMusic
  4. Griffiths, David (August 10, 1963). "Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest: Soul Battle" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 126. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.