Skull Session
by Oliver Nelson
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1975
- Label: Flying Dutchman
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:55
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Legendary arranger Oliver Nelson fully embraced heavy funk grooves and electric fusion on what would become his final studio album before his unexpected passing. 'Skull Session' surrounds Nelson's dynamic saxophone work with a massive, hard-hitting big band setup, driven prominently by Lonnie Liston Smith's electric piano.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, funky, fusion, orchestral, rhythmic, groove-laden
Tracklist
- Skull Session (6:04)
- Reuben's Rondo (3:02)
- 125th Street & 7th Avenue (6:22)
- One For Duke (4:35)
- Dumpy Mama (4:45)
- Baja Bossa (7:22)
- In A Japanese Garden (3:11)
- Flight For Freedom (4:31)
Credits
- Oliver Nelson - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, conductor, alto saxophone
- Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone, clarinet, alto flute, tenor saxophone
- Bob Gross茅 - artwork
- Bill Perkins - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
- John Kelson - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Chuck Domanico - bass
- Maurice Spears - bass trombone