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Full Nelson

Oliver Nelson

Recorded	Nov 19, 1962 & Mar 28, 1963
Label	Verve Records
Released	1962
Personnel	32 credited players
Discogs	master 224661

The record

Verve session from late 1962 stacking dual guitars, twin drummers, and french horn color into a small-group session that thinks like a big band. Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney trade textures over Duvivier and Hinton's shifting bass work.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Milt Hinton — bass
Phil Kraus — celesta, vibraphone
Ed Shaughnessy — drums
Osie Johnson — drums
Ray Alonge — french horn
Robert Northern — french horn
Jim Hall — guitar
Jimmy Raney — guitar
Harry Brewer — marimba, castanets
Al Cohn — reeds
Danny Bank — reeds
George Dorsey — reeds
Jerome Richardson — reeds
Jerry Dodgion — reeds
Phil Bodner — reeds
Phil Woods — reeds
Romeo Penque — reeds
Stanley Webb — reeds
Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
Paul Faulise — trombone
Quentin Jackson — trombone
Rod Levitt — trombone
Tony Studd — trombone
Urbie Green — trombone
Willie Dennis — trombone
Bernie Glow — trumpet
Clark Terry — trumpet
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Snooky Young — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1963	Verve Records · V-8508 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1963	Verve Records — STEREO
1963	Verve Records · VSTC 299 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, Album
1964	Verve Records · PS-8015 — Vinyl, LP, Album · laminated sleeve
1964	Verve Records · PS-8015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mispress, Promo · laminated sleeve
1985	Verve Records · 23MJ 3407 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold
2006	Verve Records · UCCU-9264 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
—	EMI · VLP 9053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono