Oliver Nelson - Blues & The Abstract Truth (Reis) (Rstr)
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Artist: Oliver NelsonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Music Label: Verve
Product features:
- NELSON OLIVER THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH
- Stolen Moments [Live]
- Hoe-Down
- Cascades
- Yearnin'
- Butch and Butch
- Teenie's Blues
Music reviews of Blues & The Abstract Truth (Reis) (Rstr)
Music Review: Hubbard, Dolphy and Debussy play the blues
Rating: 5 Stars
Ok, I'm kidding about the Debussy part. But Oliver Nelson uses an impressionistic vocabulary of harmonies to create the abstract truth of the blues. Within these arrangements, Nelson, Freddie Hubbard and Eric Dolphy play outstanding blues solos.
In a way, the three are like Cannonball, Miles and Coltrane on "Kind of Blue." However, Nelson plays the Miles role. His solos are restrained and concise. To further the connection to Debussy, Nelson's solo's are enormously infused with a classical music sensibility. Hubbard plays the Cannonball role: unbelievably fluent and fluid running of the changes without losing blues feel. Dolphy plays the Coltrane role. However, he goes way further out in space while keeping the blues connection strong.
In fact, for me, Dolphy is the real unexpected joy of this album. It sounds like he's taking a Charlie Parker solo and, in the process, flipping the music upside down and playing right to left. Then, in the middle of some really "outside" playing, he'll segue into and out of a musical quote from "Camptown Races." Do dah indeed! 20 or more years later, you could hear The World Saxophone Quartet do that kind of stylistic pastiche. Free jazz, ragtime, bop...Dolphy just had a really scary mind for improvisation.
Oh yes, I forgot: the rhythm section is Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes. It doesn't get any better than that! I like Haynes crisp, driving style especially here.
As for the tunes, "Stolen Moments" is a jazz classic that you have to have if you like jazz. Butch and Butch is a great up tempo rave. Yearnin' and Teenie's Blues are great slow blues tunes that showcase Oliver Nelson's genius for arranging.
If you know someone who likes jazz and doesn't have this album, this is a slam dunk good gift.
Interestingly, given the mix of classical, blues, bop and free jazz, this is a good album to get someone who's new to jazz. It's all there and it all works.
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