Oliver Nelson

LIMITED 180 GRAM GOLD VINYL EDITION

PACKAGED IN A GATEFOLD JACKET

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ONLY 500 COPIES

Skull Session is a monster of an album that keeps Nelson’s 1960s trademark sound but takes a deep dive into Jazz-funk and adds disco, groovy soul, Bossa nova and electronic funk in the process. Oliver Nelson successfully included electronic instruments (like the Moog & ARP) and the incorporation of the rhythms that are often associated with them…all this without detracting in any way from the high-quality recordings he became known for. Every track is an original composition with a strong melody line and an imaginative arrangement…all living up to Oliver Nelson’s tremendous reputation as an arranger and composer. A sonic testament in every sense of the word. This is a GEM that is a must own for any kind of Bop fan.

PERSONNEL:

• Oliver Nelson - (alto sax, conductor)
• Jerome Richardson - (alto sax on A1 to B1, B4)
• Bud Shank - (alto sax, clariner. alto flute on B2, B3)
• Billy Perkins - (baritone & tenor sax on A2 to A4)
• John Kelson, Jr. - (baritone sax on B2, B3)
• Chuck Domanico - (bass)
• Maurice Spears - (bass trombone on A2 to A4)
• Jerome Richardson - (clarinet, soprano sax on B2, B3)
• Buddy Collette- (clarinet, flute on B2, B3)
• Jimmy Gordon - (drums on A1, B1, B4)
• Shelly Manne - (drums on A2 to A4, B2, B3)
• Dennis Budimir - (guitar on A1, B1, B4)
• Lee Ritenourr - (guitar on A1, B1, B4)
• Lonnie Liston Smith - (electric piano on A1 to B1, B4)
• Bobby Bryant - (flugelhorn on A1, B1 to B4)
• Oscar Brashear - (flugelhorn on A1, B1, B4)
• Jerome Richardson - (flute on A1, B1 to B4)
• Davis Allan Duke - (french horn on A2 to A4)
• Vinny DeRosa - (french horn on A2 to A4)
• Laurindo Almeida - (guitar on B2, B3)
• Harpsichord – Mike Wofford - (harpsichord on B2, B3)
• Mike Wofford - (synthesizer on A1, B1, B4)
• Willie Bobo - (percussion)
• Chauncey Welsch, Richard Nash, Grover Mitchell - (trombone)
• Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers, Oscar Brashear, Paul Hubinon - (trumpet)
• Don Waldrop - (tuba)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Skull Session
• A2. Reuben's Rondo
• A3. 125th St & 7th Ave
• A4. One For Duke

• SIDE B
• B1. Dumpy Mama
• B2. Baja Bossa
• B3. In A Japanese Garden
• B4. Flight For Freedom