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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Oliver Nelson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg/220px-Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg/330px-Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="265" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Oliver Edward Nelson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-06-04</span>)</span>June 4, 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 28, 1975<span style="display:none">(1975-10-28)</span> (aged 43)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">Bebop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_bop" title="Hard bop">hard bop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post-bop" title="Post-bop">post-bop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz fusion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, composer, arranger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Soprano_saxophone" title="Soprano saxophone">Soprano saxophone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">tenor saxophone</a>, and clarinet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Argo_Records" title="Argo Records">Argo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flying_Dutchman_Records" title="Flying Dutchman Records">Flying Dutchman</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Oliver Edward Nelson</b> (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 1961 <a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth" title="The Blues and the Abstract Truth">The Blues and the Abstract Truth</a></i> (1961) is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era. The centerpiece of the album is the definitive version of Nelson's composition, "<a href="/wiki/Stolen_Moments_(Oliver_Nelson_song)" title="Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson song)">Stolen Moments</a>". Other important recordings from the 1960s are the albums <i><a href="/wiki/More_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth" title="More Blues and the Abstract Truth">More Blues and the Abstract Truth</a></i> (1964) and <i><a href="/wiki/Sound_Pieces" title="Sound Pieces">Sound Pieces</a></i> (1966), both also on Impulse!.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Nelson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Nelson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oliver Nelson was born into a musical family in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother was a saxophonist who played with <a href="/wiki/Cootie_Williams" title="Cootie Williams">Cootie Williams</a> in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six and started on the saxophone at the age of 11. Beginning in 1947, he played in "territory" bands in and around Saint Louis, before joining the <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a> band, where he stayed from 1950 to 1951, playing <a href="/wiki/Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a> and arranging charts for Jordan's band.<sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saxophone_Journal_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saxophone_Journal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1952, Nelson served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marines Corps</a> playing woodwinds in the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Division" title="3rd Marine Division">3rd Marine Division</a> band in Japan and Korea. It was in Japan that Nelson attended a concert by the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra">Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and heard <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel">Maurice Ravel</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Ma_m%C3%A8re_l%27Oye" title="Ma mère l'Oye">Ma mère l'Oye</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hindemith" title="Paul Hindemith">Paul Hindemith</a>'s <i>Symphony in E Flat</i>. Nelson later recalled that this <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'was the first time that I had heard really modern music for back in St. Louis I hadn't even known that Negroes were allowed to go to concerts. I realized everything didn't have to sound like Beethoven or Brahms ... . It was then that I decided to become a composer.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-Company1968-118_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Company1968-118-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson returned to Missouri to study music composition and theory at <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_University_(Missouri)" title="Lincoln University (Missouri)">Lincoln University</a>, graduating with a master's degree in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also studied with composers <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Carter" title="Elliott Carter">Elliott Carter</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wykes" title="Robert Wykes">Robert Wykes</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Tremblay" title="George Tremblay">George Tremblay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Company1968-110_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Company1968-110-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While back in his hometown of St. Louis, Nelson met and married Eileen Mitchell; the couple had a son, Oliver Nelson Jr., but soon divorced. After graduation, Nelson married St. Louis native Audrey McEwen, a union that lasted until his death and produced a son, Nyles. </p><p>After completing his degree Nelson moved to New York City, playing with <a href="/wiki/Erskine_Hawkins" title="Erskine Hawkins">Erskine Hawkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis" title="Wild Bill Davis">Wild Bill Davis</a>, and working as the house arranger for the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Theater" title="Apollo Theater">Apollo Theater</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played on the West Coast briefly with the <a href="/wiki/Louie_Bellson" title="Louie Bellson">Louie Bellson</a> big band in 1959, and in the same year began recording for <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige Records</a> as the leader of various small groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1960 to 1961, he briefly played with <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then joined the <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> big band playing <a href="/wiki/Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">tenor saxophone</a>, both in the U.S. and on tour in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breakthrough_and_afterwards">Breakthrough and afterwards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Nelson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Breakthrough and afterwards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After six albums as leader between 1959 and 1961 for the <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige Records</a> label, Nelson's big breakthrough came with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth" title="The Blues and the Abstract Truth">The Blues and the Abstract Truth</a></i>, an album recorded for <a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a> also featuring <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, which made his name as a composer and arranger.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, he recorded a number of notable big-band albums including <i>Afro-American Sketches</i> and <i>Full Nelson</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson worked as an arranger on large ensemble albums for <a href="/wiki/Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannonball_Adderley" title="Cannonball Adderley">Cannonball Adderley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis" title="Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodges" title="Johnny Hodges">Johnny Hodges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Montgomery" title="Wes Montgomery">Wes Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rich" title="Buddy Rich">Buddy Rich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)" title="Jimmy Smith (musician)">Jimmy Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Turrentine" title="Stanley Turrentine">Stanley Turrentine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irene_Reid" title="Irene Reid">Irene Reid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a>. The music <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a> wrote for <i><a href="/wiki/Alfie_(1966_film)" title="Alfie (1966 film)">Alfie</a></i> (1966), a film made in Great Britain, was arranged by Nelson for <a href="/wiki/Alfie_(Sonny_Rollins_album)" title="Alfie (Sonny Rollins album)">Alfie</a> of the same name. He also led all-star big bands in various live performances between 1966 and 1975. Nelson continued to perform as a soloist during this period, now focusing primarily on soprano saxophone. </p><p>In 1967, Nelson moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> to be near the television and movie industry and began composing background music for television and films, for which he became highly sought after.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_Nelson:_BBC_Jazz_Library_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver_Nelson:_BBC_Jazz_Library-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Television projects included <i><a href="/wiki/Ironside_(1967_TV_series)" title="Ironside (1967 TV series)">Ironside</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Columbo" title="Columbo">Columbo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man" title="The Six Million Dollar Man">The Six Million Dollar Man</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Longstreet_(TV_series)" title="Longstreet (TV series)">Longstreet</a></i>. Films scored by Nelson include <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Gunfighter" title="Death of a Gunfighter">Death of a Gunfighter</a></i> (1969), <i><a href="/wiki/Skullduggery_(1970_film)" title="Skullduggery (1970 film)">Skullduggery</a></i> (1970), <i><a href="/wiki/Dial_Hot_Line" title="Dial Hot Line">Dial Hot Line</a></i> (1970), <a href="/wiki/Zig_Zag_(1970_film)" title="Zig Zag (1970 film)"><i>Zig Zag</i></a> (1970) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Alpha_Caper" title="The Alpha Caper">The Alpha Caper</a></i> (1973).<sup id="cite_ref-Saxophone_Journal_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saxophone_Journal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also arranged <a href="/wiki/Gato_Barbieri" title="Gato Barbieri">Gato Barbieri</a>'s music for <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Tango_in_Paris" title="Last Tango in Paris">Last Tango in Paris</a></i> (1972). Two years later, he recorded a further album in Britain for <a href="/wiki/Flying_Dutchman_Records" title="Flying Dutchman Records">Flying Dutchman Records</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Edward_Nelson_in_London_with_Oily_Rags" title="Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags">Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags</a></i>, that featured contributions from <a href="/wiki/Chas_Hodges" title="Chas Hodges">Chas Hodges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Peacock_(musician)" title="Dave Peacock (musician)">Dave Peacock</a>, better known as cockney music hall duo <a href="/wiki/Chas_%26_Dave" title="Chas & Dave">Chas & Dave</a>. During this productive time he also arranged and produced albums for pop stars such as <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" title="Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)">Nancy Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Brown (musician)">James Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>. </p><p>Along with his big-band appearances (in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux</a>, New York, and Los Angeles), he led a small group that included <a href="/wiki/John_Klemmer" title="John Klemmer">John Klemmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Watts" title="Ernie Watts">Ernie Watts</a>, Freddie Hill, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Strozier" title="Frank Strozier">Frank Strozier</a> in a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>-sponsored tour of West Africa in 1969. Less well-known is the fact that Nelson composed several symphonic works<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, and was also deeply involved in jazz education, returning to his <i>alma mater</i>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University</a>, in the summer of 1969 to lead a five-week-long clinic that also featured such guest performers as <a href="/wiki/Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Lewis" title="Mel Lewis">Mel Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hanna" title="Roland Hanna">Sir Roland Hanna</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Carter" title="Ron Carter">Ron Carter</a>. Among the student participants at the Washington University Summer Jazz Institute were saxophonists <a href="/wiki/Julius_Hemphill" title="Julius Hemphill">Julius Hemphill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Lake" title="Oliver Lake">Oliver Lake</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hamiet_Bluiett" title="Hamiet Bluiett">Hamiet Bluiett</a>, who later co-founded the <a href="/wiki/World_Saxophone_Quartet" title="World Saxophone Quartet">World Saxophone Quartet</a> with <a href="/wiki/David_Murray_(saxophonist)" title="David Murray (saxophonist)">David Murray</a>. Nelson's book of jazz practice exercises, <i>Patterns for Improvisation,</i> was published in 1966 and remains highly regarded to this day. </p><p>Nelson died of a heart attack on October 28, 1975, at the age of 43.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is widely believed that Nelson's commitment to his work resulted in lengthy periods of stress which contributed to his premature death.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_Nelson:_BBC_Jazz_Library_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver_Nelson:_BBC_Jazz_Library-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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