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vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">The Blues and the Abstract Truth</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth_(Oliver_Nelson_album_-_cover_art).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth_%28Oliver_Nelson_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg/220px-The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth_%28Oliver_Nelson_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth_%28Oliver_Nelson_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="225" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1995 US CD issue/ Original LP cover</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">August 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-08</span>)</span><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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 23, 1961</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Van_Gelder_Studio" title="Van Gelder Studio">Van Gelder Studio</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>, New Jersey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Post-bop" title="Post-bop">Post-bop</a><sup id="cite_ref-JJI_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">36</span>:<span class="s">33</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Creed_Taylor" title="Creed Taylor">Creed Taylor</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Battle" title="Soul Battle">Soul Battle</a></i><br />(1960) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Blues and the Abstract Truth</b></i><br />(1961) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Ahead_(Oliver_Nelson_album)" title="Straight Ahead (Oliver Nelson album)">Straight Ahead</a></i><br />(1961) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue">Alternate cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth.jpg/220px-The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="268" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Second LP cover/1990 US CD issue</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="Teenie's_Blues.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Teenie%27s_Blues.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/c/c3/Teenie%27s_Blues.ogg/Teenie%27s_Blues.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="description">"Teenie's Blues" (stereo mix)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Teenie%27s_Blues.ogg" title="File:Teenie's Blues.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i><br />(Original Lp release)</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-redirect" title="The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide">The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings" class="mw-redirect" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings">The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/4 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/4 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Penguin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penguin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Blues and the Abstract Truth</b></i> is an album by American composer and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a> recorded in February 1961 for the <a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a> label. It remains Nelson's most acclaimed album and features a lineup of notable musicians: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a> (his second-to-last appearance on a Nelson album following a series of collaborations recorded for <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a> (his only appearance with Nelson), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chambers" title="Paul Chambers">Paul Chambers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a>. Baritone saxophonist <a href="/wiki/George_Barrow_(musician)" title="George Barrow (musician)">George Barrow</a> does not take solos but remains a key feature in the subtle voicings of Nelson's arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-LinerNotes_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LinerNotes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is often noted for its unique ensemble <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arrangements</a><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><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> and is frequently identified as a progenitor of Nelson's move towards arranging later in his career.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the pieces on the album, "<a href="/wiki/Stolen_Moments_(Oliver_Nelson_song)" title="Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson song)">Stolen Moments</a>" is the best known and has become a <a href="/wiki/Jazz_standard" title="Jazz standard">jazz standard</a>: a 16-bar piece with solos in a conventional 12-bar <a href="/wiki/Twelve-bar_blues#Minor_blues" title="Twelve-bar blues">minor blues</a> structure in <a href="/wiki/C_minor" title="C minor">C minor</a>. "Hoe-Down", inspired by the fourth section of <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Rodeo_(ballet)" title="Rodeo (ballet)">Rodeo</a>,</i> is built on a 44-bar structure (with 32-bar solos based on <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_changes" title="Rhythm changes">rhythm changes</a>). "Cascades" modifies the traditional 32-bar AABA form by using a 16-bar minor blues for the A section, stretching the form to a total of 56 bars. The B-side of the album contains three tracks that hew closer to the 12-bar form: "Yearnin'", "Butch and Butch" and "Teenie's Blues" (which opens with two 12-bar choruses of bass solo by Chambers).<sup id="cite_ref-LinerNotes_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LinerNotes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson's later album, <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), features an entirely different (and larger) group of musicians and bears little resemblance to this record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Writing in the December 21, 1961, issue of <i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i> magazine jazz critic Don DeMicheal commented:</p><blockquote><p>Nelson's playing is like his writing: thoughtful, unhackneyed, and well constructed. Hubbard steals the solo honors with some of his best playing on record. Dolphy gets off some good solos too, his most interesting one on "Yearnin<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-Down_Beat_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Down_Beat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Journal" title="Jazz Journal">Jazz Journal International</a></i> cited the album as "one of the essential post-bop recordings."<sup id="cite_ref-JJI_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was voted number 333 in the third edition of <a href="/wiki/Colin_Larkin" title="Colin Larkin">Colin Larkin</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/All_Time_Top_1000_Albums" title="All Time Top 1000 Albums">All Time Top 1000 Albums</a></i> (2000).<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_versions/influences"><span id="Other_versions.2Finfluences"></span>Other versions/influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other versions/influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The composition "Stolen Moments" has been recorded and performed by numerous musicians including <a href="/wiki/Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. Johnson">J. J. Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Future_Organization" title="United Future Organization">United Future Organization</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turtle_Island_Quartet" title="Turtle Island Quartet">Turtle Island Quartet</a>. The first eight bars of Nelson's solo on the bridge of "Hoe-Down" were quoted by <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Watts" title="Ernie Watts">Ernie Watts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ritenour" title="Lee Ritenour">Lee Ritenour</a> in the song "Bullet Train" from their 1979 album <i>Friendship</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Teenie's Blues" was used as a 2009 show-opener by <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 pianist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cunliffe" title="Bill Cunliffe">Bill Cunliffe</a> released the tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth,_Take_2" title="The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2">The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2</a></i>, featuring new arrangements of the original pieces. </p><p><i>Jews and the Abstract Truth</i> was the debut album by experimental <a href="/wiki/Klezmer" title="Klezmer">klezmer</a> band <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_New_Wave" title="Hasidic New Wave">Hasidic New Wave</a> (whose members included improvisers trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Frank_London" title="Frank London">Frank London</a> and saxophonist Greg Wall), released on <a href="/wiki/Knitting_Factory_Records" title="Knitting Factory Records">Knitting Factory</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson.</i> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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Moments (Oliver Nelson song)">Stolen Moments</a>"</td><td>Hubbard, Dolphy, Nelson, Evans</td><td class="tracklist-length">8:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Hoe-Down"</td><td>Hubbard, Dolphy, Nelson, Haynes</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Cascades"</td><td>Hubbard, Evans</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:32</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Order of solos</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Yearnin<span style="padding-right:0.15em;">'</span>"</td><td>Dolphy, Hubbard, Evans</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:24</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Butch and Butch"</td><td>Nelson, Hubbard, Dolphy, Evans</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:35</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Teenie's Blues"</td><td>Dolphy, Nelson, Evans, Chambers</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:33</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a> – <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a>; <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">flute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">tenor saxophone</a>; alto saxophone <small>on "Teenie's Blues"</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barrow_(musician)" title="George Barrow (musician)">George Barrow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Baritone_saxophone" title="Baritone saxophone">baritone saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a> – <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Chambers" title="Paul Chambers">Paul Chambers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Van_Gelder" title="Rudy Van Gelder">Rudy Van Gelder</a> – recording engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Stewart" title="Chuck Stewart">Chuck Stewart</a> – photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Turner_(photographer)" title="Pete Turner (photographer)">Pete Turner</a> – cover design</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Chart performance for <i>The Blues and the Abstract Truth</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2021) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Germany4_Oliver_Nelson_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany4_Oliver_Nelson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">52 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Switzerland_Oliver_Nelson_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Switzerland_Oliver_Nelson-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">74 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 2,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jazzwise+Magazine&rft.atitle=Oliver+Nelson+-+The+Blues+%26+The+Abstract+Truth&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Shadwick&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jazzwise.com%2FReview%2Farticle%2Foliver-nelson-the-blues-the-abstract-truth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Blues+and+the+Abstract+Truth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Music_Aficionado2018" class="citation web cs1">The Music Aficionado (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicaficionado.blog/2018/04/10/the-blues-and-the-abstract-truth-by-oliver-nelson/">"The Blues and the Abstract Truth, by Oliver Nelson"</a>. <i>The Music Aficionado: Quality articles about the golden age of music</i>. 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(2006). <i><a href="/wiki/All_Time_Top_1000_Albums" title="All Time Top 1000 Albums">All Time Top 1000 Albums</a></i> (3rd ed.). <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Books" title="Virgin Books">Virgin Books</a>. p. 134. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7535-0493-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7535-0493-6"><bdi>0-7535-0493-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=All+Time+Top+1000+Albums&rft.pages=134&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Virgin+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-7535-0493-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Blues+and+the+Abstract+Truth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electra Records album number 6E-241.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRob_Tannenbaum2009" class="citation web cs1">Rob Tannenbaum (August 4, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vulture.com/2009/08/tasty_steely_dan_bring_the_gui.html">"Tasty! 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2022</span>. <q><i>Jews and the Abstract Truth</i> may owe little to Oliver Nelson, but it is a fine recording and an excellent introduction to the genre.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hasidic+New+Wave%2C+Jews+and+the+Abstract+Truth&rft.pub=allmusic.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Fjews-and-the-abstract-truth-mw0000098301&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Blues+and+the+Abstract+Truth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Germany4_Oliver_Nelson-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Germany4_Oliver_Nelson_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-188066">"Offiziellecharts.de – Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth"</a> (in German). <a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="GfK Entertainment Charts">GfK Entertainment Charts</a>. Retrieved July 9, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Switzerland_Oliver_Nelson-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Switzerland_Oliver_Nelson_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Oliver+Nelson&titel=The+Blues+and+the+Abstract+Truth&cat=a">"Swisscharts.com – Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth"</a>. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 12, 2021.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blues_and_the_Abstract_Truth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/music/detail.aspx?pid=9459&aid=2789"><i>The Blues and the Abstract Truth</i></a> at vervemusicgroup.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=22742">"Album of the Week" discussion on the Organissimo jazz forum</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.resonancerecords.org/release.php?cat=HCD-2003">Bill Cunliffe's tribute to the original album (features new arrangements)</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums<br />as<br />leader<br />or<br />co-leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Open_Sesame_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Open Sesame (Freddie Hubbard album)">Open Sesame</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_Up" title="Goin' Up">Goin' Up</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hub_Cap_(album)" title="Hub Cap (album)">Hub Cap</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Minor_Mishap" title="Minor Mishap">Minor Mishap</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Dedication!" title="Dedication!">Dedication!</a></i> (Hubbard/<a href="/wiki/Duke_Pearson" title="Duke Pearson">Duke Pearson</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ready_for_Freddie" title="Ready for Freddie">Ready for Freddie</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Artistry_of_Freddie_Hubbard" title="The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard">The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hub-Tones" title="Hub-Tones">Hub-Tones</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_to_Stay_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard album)">Here to Stay</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Body_%26_the_Soul" title="The Body & the Soul">The Body & the Soul</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Point!" title="Breaking Point!">Breaking Point!</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jam_Gems:_Live_at_the_Left_Bank" title="Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank">Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Heath" title="Jimmy Heath">Jimmy Heath</a>, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Cookers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Night of the Cookers">The Night of the Cookers</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Spirits" title="Blue Spirits">Blue Spirits</a></i> (1965–66)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backlash_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Backlash (Freddie Hubbard album)">Backlash</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/High_Blues_Pressure" title="High Blues Pressure">High Blues Pressure</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Soul_Experiment" title="A Soul Experiment">A Soul Experiment</a></i> (1968–69)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Angel_(album)" title="The Black Angel (album)">The Black Angel</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hub_of_Hubbard" title="The Hub of Hubbard">The Hub of Hubbard</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Clay" title="Red Clay">Red Clay</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Life_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard album)">Straight Life</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_a_Song_of_Songmy" title="Sing Me a Song of Songmy">Sing Me a Song of Songmy</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0lhan_Mimaro%C4%9Flu" title="İlhan Mimaroğlu">İlhan Mimaroğlu</a>, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Light_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="First Light (Freddie Hubbard album)">First Light</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polar_AC" title="Polar AC">Polar AC</a></i> (1971–73)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sky_Dive" title="Sky Dive">Sky Dive</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keep_Your_Soul_Together" title="Keep Your Soul Together">Keep Your Soul Together</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard/Stanley_Turrentine_in_Concert_Volume_One" title="Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One">Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Concert_Volume_Two_(Freddie_Hubbard_%26_Stanley_Turrentine_album)" title="In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album)">In Concert Volume Two</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Turrentine" title="Stanley Turrentine">Stanley Turrentine</a>, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/High_Energy_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="High Energy (Freddie Hubbard album)">High Energy</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gleam_(album)" title="Gleam (album)">Gleam</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liquid_Love_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Liquid Love (Freddie Hubbard album)">Liquid Love</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Windjammer_(album)" title="Windjammer (album)">Windjammer</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bundle_of_Joy_(album)" title="Bundle of Joy (album)">Bundle of Joy</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Blue" title="Super Blue">Super Blue</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Connection" title="The Love Connection">The Love Connection</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skagly" title="Skagly">Skagly</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_North_Sea_Jazz_Festival,_1980_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (Freddie Hubbard album)">Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alternate_Blues" title="The Alternate Blues">The Alternate Blues</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> & <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson">Oscar Peterson</a>, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trumpet_Summit_Meets_the_Oscar_Peterson_Big_4" title="The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4">The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4</a></i> (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Blue_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Born to Be Blue (Freddie Hubbard album)">Born to Be Blue</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Bop:_Sunday_Night" title="Keystone Bop: Sunday Night">Keystone Bop: Sunday Night</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Outpost_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Outpost (Freddie Hubbard album)">Outpost</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Rollin' (Freddie Hubbard album)">Rollin'</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Splash_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Splash (Freddie Hubbard album)">Splash</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Above_%26_Beyond_(album)" title="Above & Beyond (album)">Above & Beyond</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Birdland" title="Back to Birdland">Back to Birdland</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(Oscar_Peterson_and_Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Face to Face (Oscar Peterson and Freddie Hubbard album)">Face to Face</a></i> (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ride_Like_the_Wind_(album)" title="Ride Like the Wind (album)">Ride Like the Wind</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_Tattoo_(album)" title="The Rose Tattoo (album)">The Rose Tattoo</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Return" title="Sweet Return">Sweet Return</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Take_(Freddie_Hubbard_and_Woody_Shaw_album)" title="Double Take (Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw album)">Double Take</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Flight_(album)" title="Life Flight (album)">Life Flight</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eternal_Triangle" title="The Eternal Triangle">The Eternal Triangle</a></i> (with Woody Shaw, 1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feel_the_Wind" title="Feel the Wind">Feel the Wind</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakey</a>, 1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Times_Are_Changing_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Times Are Changing (album)">Times Are Changing</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Topsy_%E2%80%93_Standard_Book" title="Topsy – Standard Book">Topsy – Standard Book</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_(Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard album)">Bolivia</a></i> (1990–91)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Jazz_Jamboree_Warszawa_%2791:_A_Tribute_to_Miles" title="At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles">At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Fat_Tuesday%27s" title="Live at Fat Tuesday's">Live at Fat Tuesday's</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_for_Miles" title="Blues for Miles">Blues for Miles</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MMTC:_Monk,_Miles,_Trane_%26_Cannon" title="MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon">MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon</a></i> (1994–95)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Colors" title="New Colors">New Colors</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Real_Side" title="On the Real Side">On the Real Side</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With <a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art<br />Blakey</a>/<a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers" title="The Jazz Messengers">The<br />Jazz<br />Messengers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_(Art_Blakey_album)" title="Mosaic (Art Blakey album)">Mosaic</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buhaina%27s_Delight" title="Buhaina's Delight">Buhaina's Delight</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Jazz_Hour_with_Art_Blakey%27s_Jazz_Messengers:_Blues_March" class="mw-redirect" title="A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March">Blues March</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_(album)" title="Three Blind Mice (album)">Three Blind Mice</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caravan_(Art_Blakey_album)" title="Caravan (Art Blakey album)">Caravan</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ugetsu_(album)" title="Ugetsu (album)">Ugetsu</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_(Art_Blakey_album)" title="Kyoto (Art Blakey album)">Kyoto</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_for_All_(album)" title="Free for All (album)">Free for All</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(Art_Blakey_album)" title="Golden Boy (Art Blakey album)">Golden Boy</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Finger_(Art_Blakey_album)" title="Soul Finger (Art Blakey album)">Soul Finger</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter<br />Gordon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doin%27_Allright" title="Doin' Allright">Doin' Allright</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clubhouse_(album)" title="Clubhouse (album)">Clubhouse</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Generation_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Generation (Dexter Gordon album)">Generation</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Round_Midnight" title="The Other Side of Round Midnight">The Other Side of Round Midnight</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie<br />Hancock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Takin%27_Off" title="Takin' Off">Takin' Off</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Empyrean_Isles" title="Empyrean Isles">Empyrean Isles</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Voyage_(Herbie_Hancock_album)" title="Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock album)">Maiden Voyage</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blow-Up_(soundtrack)" title="Blow-Up (soundtrack)">Blow-Up</a></i> (soundtrack album, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VSOP_(album)" title="VSOP (album)">V.S.O.P.</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quintet_(album)" title="The Quintet (album)">V.S.O.P.: The Quintet</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tempest_in_the_Colosseum" title="Tempest in the Colosseum">V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V.S.O.P._Live_Under_the_Sky" title="V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky">V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(soundtrack)" title="Round Midnight (soundtrack)">Round Midnight</a></i> (soundtrack album, 1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hutcherson" title="Bobby Hutcherson">Bobby<br />Hutcherson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dialogue_(Bobby_Hutcherson_album)" title="Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson album)">Dialogue</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Components_(album)" title="Components (album)">Components</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Knucklebean" title="Knucklebean">Knucklebean</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highway_One_(album)" title="Highway One (album)">Highway One</a></i> (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy<br />Jones</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Dig_Dancers" title="I Dig Dancers">I Dig Dancers</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quintessence" title="The Quintessence">The Quintessence</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(Quincy_Jones_album)" title="Golden Boy (Quincy Jones album)">Golden Boy</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I/We_Had_a_Ball" title="I/We Had a Ball">I/We Had a Ball</a></i> (1964–65)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walking_in_Space" title="Walking in Space">Walking in Space</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gula_Matari" title="Gula Matari">Gula Matari</a></i> (1970)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Shorter" title="Wayne Shorter">Wayne<br />Shorter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wayning_Moments" title="Wayning Moments">Wayning Moments</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speak_No_Evil_(Wayne_Shorter_album)" title="Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter album)">Speak No Evil</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soothsayer" title="The Soothsayer">The Soothsayer</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_All_Seeing_Eye" title="The All Seeing Eye">The All Seeing Eye</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br />others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_of_the_City" title="The Soul of the City">The Soul of the City</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Manny_Albam" title="Manny Albam">Manny Albam</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Abbey_Road" title="The Other Side of Abbey Road">The Other Side of Abbey Road</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a>, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_This_World_(Walter_Benton_album)" title="Out of This World (Walter Benton album)">Out of This World</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Walter_Benton" title="Walter Benton">Walter Benton</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/True_Blue_(Tina_Brooks_album)" title="True Blue (Tina Brooks album)">True Blue</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Tina_Brooks" title="Tina Brooks">Tina Brooks</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_Bless_the_Child_(Kenny_Burrell_album)" title="God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album)">God Bless the Child</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a>, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cables%27_Vision" title="Cables' Vision">Cables' Vision</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/George_Cables" title="George Cables">George Cables</a>, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Droppin%27_Things" title="Droppin' Things">Droppin' Things</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a>, 1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_Jazz:_A_Collective_Improvisation" title="Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation">Free Jazz</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ol%C3%A9_Coltrane" title="Olé Coltrane">Olé Coltrane</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Africa/Brass" title="Africa/Brass">Africa/Brass</a></i> (John Coltrane, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ascension_(John_Coltrane_album)" title="Ascension (John Coltrane album)">Ascension</a></i> (John Coltrane, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muses_for_Richard_Davis" title="Muses for Richard Davis">Muses for Richard Davis</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Outward_Bound_(Eric_Dolphy_album)" title="Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy album)">Outward Bound</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_to_Lunch!" title="Out to Lunch!">Out to Lunch!</a></i> (Eric Dolphy, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Undercurrent_(Kenny_Drew_album)" title="Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album)">Undercurrent</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Drew" title="Kenny Drew">Kenny Drew</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leaving_This_Planet" title="Leaving This Planet">Leaving This Planet</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Earland" title="Charles Earland">Charles Earland</a>, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Booker_%27n%27_Brass" title="Booker 'n' Brass">Booker 'n' Brass</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a>, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interplay_(Bill_Evans_album)" title="Interplay (Bill Evans album)">Interplay</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a>, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_Text" title="Sonic Text">Sonic Text</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Farrell" title="Joe Farrell">Joe Farrell</a>, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boss_of_the_Soul-Stream_Trombone" title="Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone">Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Curtis_Fuller" title="Curtis Fuller">Curtis Fuller</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Trombone" title="Soul Trombone">Soul Trombone</a></i> (Curtis Fuller, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Sky_(Curtis_Fuller_album)" title="Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller album)">Cabin in the Sky</a></i> (Curtis Fuller, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_a_Number_from_1_to_10" title="Take a Number from 1 to 10">Take a Number from 1 to 10</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Benny_Golson" title="Benny Golson">Benny Golson</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pop_%2B_Jazz_%3D_Swing" title="Pop + Jazz = Swing">Pop + Jazz = Swing</a></i> (Benny Golson, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton_and_His_Horn_of_Plenty" title="Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty">Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sister_Salvation" title="Sister Salvation">Sister Salvation</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drum_Suite_(Slide_Hampton_album)" title="Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album)">Drum Suite</a></i> (Slide Hampton, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quota_(Jimmy_Heath_album)" title="The Quota (Jimmy Heath album)">The Quota</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Heath" title="Jimmy Heath">Jimmy Heath</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Triple_Threat_(Jimmy_Heath_album)" title="Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath album)">Triple Threat</a></i> (Jimmy Heath, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Band_(Joe_Henderson_album)" title="Big Band (Joe Henderson album)">Big Band</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a>, 1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pax_(album)" title="Pax (album)">Pax</a></i> (<a 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title="Don Sebesky">Don Sebesky</a>, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sugar_(Stanley_Turrentine_album)" title="Sugar (Stanley Turrentine album)">Sugar</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Stanley_Turrentine" title="Stanley Turrentine">Stanley Turrentine</a>, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Together_(McCoy_Tyner_album)" title="Together (McCoy Tyner album)">Together</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/McCoy_Tyner" title="McCoy Tyner">McCoy Tyner</a>, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quartets_4_X_4" title="Quartets 4 X 4">Quartets 4 X 4</a></i> (McCoy Tyner, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soundscapes_(album)" title="Soundscapes (album)">Soundscapes</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a>, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Afrika" title="Uhuru Afrika">Uhuru Afrika</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Randy_Weston" title="Randy Weston">Randy Weston</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Moses_(album)" title="Blue Moses (album)">Blue Moses</a></i> (Randy Weston, 1972)</li></ul> 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