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
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(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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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

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References

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