Encyclopedia of Jazz
1967 album by Oliver Nelson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1967 album by Oliver Nelson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Jazz (full title Leonard Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz (in the Sixties) Volume One: The Blues) is an album released on the Verve label compiled by jazz journalist Leonard Feather featuring tracks which were recorded to accompany Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties .[1][2] The album features three tracks by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson along with one track each by Jimmy Smith with Wes Montgomery, Count Basie and Johnny Hodges with Earl Hines.
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| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | October 8, 1965, January 14, 1966, September 28, 1966 and November 3 & 4, 1966 | |||
| Studio | NYC and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:00 | |||
| Label | Verve V/V6 8677 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "This diverse LP, which was released in conjunction with Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties, is most significant for including three songs by a group led by arranger Oliver Nelson that was called "Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz All-Stars"".[3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording place and date | Length |
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| 1. | "St. Louis Blues" | W. C. Handy | Van Geder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov 3, 1966 | 6:10 |
| 2. | "I Remember Bird" | Leonard Feather | Van Geder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov 3, 1966 | 6:25 |
| 3. | "John Brown's Blues" | Traditional | Van Geder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov 4, 1966 | 3:20 |
| 4. | "OGD" | Wes Montgomery | Van Geder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sept 28, 1966 | 5:15 |
| 5. | "Blues for Eileen" | Eric Dixon | New York, NY, October 8, 1965 | 5:45 |
| 6. | "C Jam Blues" | Duke Ellington | New York, NY, January 14, 1966 | 5:05 |
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