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Meet Oliver Nelson

Oliver Nelson

Recorded	Oct 30, 1959
Label	New Jazz
Catalog	NJLP 8224
Released	1959
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 425527

The record

Late-'59 hard bop with Nelson still leading from the tenor chair, Kenny Dorham's trumpet cutting through Ray Bryant's percussive comping. Worth hearing as the arranger-to-be before the writing took over.

Session personnel

Wendell Marshall — bass
Art Taylor — drums
Ray Bryant — piano
Oliver Nelson — tenor saxophone
Kenny Dorham — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1959	New Jazz · NJLP 8224 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove
1963	New Jazz · NJLP 8224 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp
1965	Status Records (2) · ST 8224 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
—	New Jazz · NJLP 8224 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Mono · deep groove
1986	Original Jazz Classics — STEREO
1993	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-227-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2000	Prestige · VICJ 60681 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, 20bit K2 Mastering
2000	Prestige · VICJ-60681 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 20bit K2 Mastering
2013	Prestige · UCCO-5372 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
2013	Prestige · UCCO-5372 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
—	Prestige · 0025218622721 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
—	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 227-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
—	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-227-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered