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Oliver Nelson Orchestra - Afro/American Sketches
Performer:
Oliver Nelson Orchestra
Title:

Afro/American Sketches

Category:
MP3 RAR album size:
1281 mb
FLAC RAR album size:
1898 mb
Formats:
ADX RA APE VOX AA ASF AC3
Short-Info
Label: Transatlantic Records ‎– PR 7225, Prestige ‎– PR 7225
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Date of released: 1966
Category: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Big Band
Rating:
4.8 / 5
Votes:
490

Tracklist

A1 Message
A2 Jungleaire
A3 Emancipation Blues
B1 There's A Yearning
B2 Going Up North
B3 Disillusioned
B4 Freedom Dance

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone, Flute – Jerry Dodgion (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
  • Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Arthur "Babe" Clark* (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
  • Bass – Art Davis
  • Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Peter Makis (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
  • Congas, Bongos – Ray Barretto
  • Drums – Ed Shaughnessy
  • French Horn – Jim Buffington (tracks: A1, B1), Julius Watkins (tracks: A1, B1), Ray Alonge (tracks: A1, B1)
  • Piano – Patti Bown (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
  • Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
  • Supervised By – Esmond Edwards
  • Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor, Liner Notes – Oliver Nelson
  • Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Eric Dixon (tracks: A2, A3, B2 to B4)
  • Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Bob Ashton* (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
  • Trombone – Billy Byers (tracks: A2, B2), Britt Woodman (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Melba Liston (tracks: A2, B2), Paul Faulise (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Urbie Green (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
  • Trumpet – Clyde Reasinger (tracks: A2, B2), Ernie Royal, Jerry Kail, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
  • Tuba – Don Butterfield

Notes

A Prestige Records USA production.
Sole licences and distributors in Great Britain and Scandinavia
Transatlantic Records Ltd 120 Marylebone Lane London W1

1st date: A1, B1
2nd date: A3, B3, B4
3rd date: A2, B2

Recorded: September 29, 1961 and November 10, 1961

solos [from liner notes]:
A1 - Dodgion - fl, Davis - b, Shaughnessy, Barretto - d
A3 - Newman, Brown, Nelson - as
B1 (full title: There's A Yearnin' Deep Inside Me) - Dodgion - fl
B2 - Nelson - ts
B3 - McCracken - cello

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
PR 7225, PRLP 7225 Oliver Nelson Orchestra* Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Prestige, Prestige PR 7225, PRLP 7225 US 1962
PRT 7225 Oliver Nelson Orchestra* Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album, RE) Prestige PRT 7225 US 1972
BJS 40100 Oliver Nelson Orchestra* Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album) Bellaphon, Prestige BJS 40100 Germany Unknown
PR 7225, PRST 7225 Oliver Nelson Orchestra* Afro/American Sketches ‎(LP, Album) Prestige, Prestige PR 7225, PRST 7225 US Unknown
00025218181921 Oliver Nelson Orchestra* Afro/American Sketches ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Original Jazz Classics, Prestige 00025218181921 Europe 2006