Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite (1971)

1.Swiss Suite 26:50
2.Stolen Moments 8:37
3.Black, Brown & Beautiful 3:35
4.Blues & The Abstract Truth 6:00.

Bass - Hugo Rasmussen,Victor Gaskin

Berimbau - Na-Na

Congas - Sonny Morgan

Drums - Pretty Purdie,Bosko Petrovic

Flugelhorn - Charles Tolliver

Piano - Stanley Cowell

Saxophone [Alto] - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (tracks: A) , Jesper Thilo , Oliver Nelson , Ozren Depolo

Saxophone [Baritone] - Steve Stevenson

Saxophone [Tenor] - Bob Sydor , Gato Barbieri (tracks: A) , Michał Urbaniak

Trombone - Bertil Strandberg , Buddy Baker (2) , C. J. Shilby , Donald Beightol , John Thomas (3) , Monte Holtz

Trombone [Bass] - Jim Nissen

Trumpet - Bernt Steen , Charles Tolliver , Danny Moore , Harry Beckett , Rich Cole

Vibraphone, Goblet Drum - Bosko Petrovic*

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 16th June, 1971.

by Scott Yanow
Recorded at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, this big-band outing features a mostly all-star band and altoist Oliver Nelson (who wrote all of the arrangements and compositions) and trumpeter Danny Moore on remakes of "Stolen Moments," "Black, Brown & Beautiful" and "Blues and the Abstract Truth." However it is the nearly 27-minute "Swiss Suite" that dominates this album and although tenorman Gato Barbieri has a couple of raging solos, it is a five-minute segment when guest altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson plays the blues that is most memorable. Vinson's classic spot alone is worth the price of this hard-to-find LP.

Oliver Nelson - A Dream Deferred (1976)

01.Self Help Is Needed
02.I Hope In Time A Change Will Come
03.3, 2, 1, 0
04.Black, Brown & Beautiful
05.Black, Brown & Beautiful
06.Requiem, Afterthoughts
07.The Creole Love Call
08.Echoes Of Harlem
09.Duke's Place
10.Martin Was A Man, A Real Man
11.What A Wonderful World
12.Stolen Moments
13.African Sunrise
14.Heidi
15.Meditation
16.Top Stuff
17.The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
18.Dumpy Mama.

Compilation mixing okay material from Nelson's Flying Dutchman records with his outstanding arrangements for Count Basie, Johnny Hodges and Louis Armstrong.

Flying Dutchman (United States) 1976
Excellent double lp compilation of all his best work for Flying Dutchman in the 70's. tracks include "Self Help Is Needed", "Black, Brown, & Beautiful", "Duke's Place", "Stolen Moments", and "Dumpy Mama". In addition this record also got 2 new tracks, "Top Stuff" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold".