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Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra
Afro/American Sketches
1962 Vinyl
Big Band
Hard Bop
Prestige, Prestige
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 alto saxophone, flute
Jerry Dodgion
tracks a3, b3, b4 baritone saxophone, clarinet
Babe Clark
bass
Art Davis
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 cello
Charles McCracken
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 cello
Peter Makis
congas, bongos
Ray Barretto
drums
Ed Shaughnessy
tracks a1, b1 french horn
Jim Buffington
tracks a1, b1 french horn
Julius Watkins
tracks a1, b1 french horn
Ray Alonge
lacquer cut by
Rudy Van Gelder
tracks a3, b3, b4 piano
Patti Bown
recorded by
Rudy Van Gelder
supervised by
Esmond Edwards
tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, written-by, arranged by, conductor, liner notes
Oliver Nelson
tracks a2, a3, b2 to b4 tenor saxophone, flute
Eric Dixon
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Robert Ashton
tracks a2, b2 trombone
Billy Byers
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 trombone
Britt Woodman
tracks a2, b2 trombone
Melba Liston
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 trombone
Paul Faulise
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 trombone
Urbie Green
tracks a2, b2 trumpet
Clyde Reasinger
trumpet
Ernie Royal
trumpet
Jerry Kail
trumpet
Joe Newman
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, b4 trumpet
Joe Wilder
tuba
Don Butterfield
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Record Company Prestige Records Inc.
Pressed By Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Yellow/Black Fireworks label, Black lettering, Bergenfield address, RVG stamped in the dead wax.
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
Matrix / Runout: PRLP-7225-A AB RVG (Side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: PRLP-7225-B RVG (Side B runout)
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