Straight Ahead

by Oliver Nelson

Straight Ahead cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: New Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 21:55
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Richard Wyands, George Duvivier, Roy Haynes, Eric Dolphy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This album showcases the brilliant yin-and-yang partnership of Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy. It's a key document of the post-bop era's blend of advanced structure and improvisational freedom.

Genres

Descriptors: complex

Tracklist

  1. Images (6:12)
  2. Six and Four (7:14)
  3. Mama Lou (4:59)
  4. 111-44 (3:30)

Credits

  • Oliver Nelson - primary artist, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, written-by
  • Eric Dolphy - primary artist, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Don Schlitten - design, photography by
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by
  • Joe Goldberg - liner notes
  • Richard Wyands - piano
  • Esmond Edwards - supervised by
  • Milt Jackson - written-by

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