Full Nelson (album)

Full Nelson is a jazz album by Oliver Nelson recorded in 1962 and 1963, and released on Verve Records. It is one of his first big band albums.[4] Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down, a composition that initially appeared in a septet version on The Blues and the Abstract Truth, in a driving big band arrangement that features Clark Terry.

Full Nelson
Studio album by
Oliver Nelson Orchestra
ReleasedEnd of August 1963[1]
RecordedNovember 19, 1962 (#1, 2, 8, 9)
February 26, 1963 (#3, 4, 7, 10)
March 28, 1963 (#5, 6, 11, 12)
StudioRCA Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:05
LabelVerve
V-8508
ProducerCreed Taylor
Oliver Nelson Orchestra chronology
Impressions of Phaedra
(1962)		 Full Nelson
(1963)		 Fantabulous
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Reception

Down Beat magazine critic Harvey Pekar wrote that, "Nelson's alto work is featured on Full Nelson, Skokiaan, and Leonard Bernstein's Cool. He plays fluently and melodically with a somewhat harder tone than he has used in the past. Back Woods is a humorous piece, dedicated to Phil Woods and spotlighting his biting alto playing."[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Full Nelson" – 2:47
  2. "Skokiaan" (Msarurgwa, Glazer) - 1:54
  3. "Miss Fine" - 4:11
  4. "Majorca" - 3:06
  5. "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim) - 4:55
  6. "Back Woods" - 3:32
  7. "Lila's Theme" (Goldsmith) - 3:55
  8. "Ballad for Benny" - 2:36
  9. "Hoe Down" - 2:50
  10. "Paris Blues" (Ellington) - 2:57
  11. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Newley, Bricusse) - 3:51
  12. "You Love But Once" - 4:31

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Aug 31, 1963
  2. Down Beat: November 7, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 29
  3. Allmusic review
  4. Full Nelson at Discogs
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