In Reply to: Blues And The Abstract Truth posted by mr.bear on February 25, 2017 at 19:51:00:
I've always liked that album and it seems to have been a timeless performance that you wouldn't want to change anything. I wonder how much of that is due to the fact that Oliver Nelson was a studio musician that had to play exactly what is required. Could also be the all star cast of players.
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- RE: Blues And The Abstract Truth - jedrider 22:12:45 02/25/17 (12)
- Oliver Nelson was the arranger - kavakidd 23:51:33 02/25/17 (11)
- RE: Oliver Nelson was the arranger - jedrider 08:18:42 02/26/17 (10)
- Sorry - he wrote the music, arranged it and - kavakidd 23:50:59 02/26/17 (0)
- Knew his way around all the horns... alto and tenor being the best known... - musetap 11:00:35 02/26/17 (0)
- Doesn't seem like you own the album. - Rick W 08:25:57 02/26/17 (7)
- And he gets that seamless Tenor sound on his metal Selmer Mpc. - oldmkvi 09:22:05 02/26/17 (6)
- I sound like a buzz saw cutting thru steel with Selmer metal m'pieces. Dunno how those guys did it. nt - Rick W 09:32:02 02/26/17 (1)
- Exactly! They were shallow and shrill for me. nt - oldmkvi 10:36:28 02/26/17 (0)
- RE: And he gets that seamless Tenor sound on his metal Selmer Mpc. - Travis 09:30:17 02/26/17 (3)
- Yep. Oliver with a killer ryhthm section (Steve Kuhn, Ron Carter, Grady Tate). Knockout soprano playing. nt - Rick W 09:36:39 02/26/17 (2)
- It's hard to miss, standing in front of Ron Carter! (nt) - mr.bear 10:14:39 03/01/17 (1)
- RE: It's hard to miss, standing in front of Ron Carter! (nt) - fantja 05:05:04 03/02/17 (0)