Oliver Nelson - Soul Battle

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:03
Size: 108,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:43)  1. Blues at the Five Spot
(9:37)  2. Blues for M.F. (Mort Fega)
(5:42)  3. Anacruses
(9:22)  4. Perdido
(7:30)  5. In Passing
(9:07)  6. Soul Street

This intriguing session matches together three powerful tenor players: Oliver Nelson, King Curtis (in a rare jazz outing) and Jimmy Forrest. With fine backup work by pianist Gene Casey, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Roy Haynes, the tenors battle to a draw on a set of blues and basic material (including a fine version of "Perdido"). This CD reissue adds one selection ("Soul Street") from the same date to the original LP program and is easily recommended to fans of big-toned tenors and straightahead swinging. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-battle-mw0000612736

Soul Battle

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