Oliver Nelson - Meet Oliver Nelson (1959) 320 kbps

Tracklist

1 - Jams and Jellies
2 - Passion Flower
3 - Don't Stand Up
4 - Ostinato
5 - What's New?
6 - Booze Blues Baby


Oliver Nelson's debut as a leader found him at the age of 27 already a distinctive and skilled tenor-saxophonist. For this quintet set (reissued on CD in the OJC series), Nelson teams up with the veteran trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Art Taylor for four of his originals plus the ballads "Passion Flower" and "What's New." Although none of these Nelson tunes caught on, this was an impressive beginning to a short but productive career and gives one a strong example of the multi-talented Nelson's tenor playing.