Olio
by Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Teddy Charles, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins & Elvin Jones
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1957
- Label: Prestige
- Country: United States
- Length: 19:01
- Community rating: 3.68/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Billed as a collaborative summit among top-tier studio players, this session highlights a slightly unconventional instrumentation featuring Teddy Charles's vibraphone alongside the traditional horn frontline. The complex, highly angular compositions demand sophisticated interplay, reflecting the advanced structural tendencies of post-bop modernists. The deeply swinging, intellectually rigorous date stands as a hidden gem of the prolific Prestige catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental