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1968 studio album by Oliver Nelson
The Sound of Feeling (full title Leonard Feather Presents The Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson ) is a jazz album featuring two separate groups featuring Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1966 and released on the Verve label.[ 2] [ 3] The split album begins with five tracks by the Los Angeles based group The Sound of Feeling, featuring identical twin vocalists Alyce and Rhae Andrece and pianist Gary David with the addition of soloist Nelson. Four tracks are by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars, a big band drawn from the ranks of top New York studio musicians, arranged and conducted by Nelson which were recorded to accompany Leonard Feather 's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties .
Reception
In the November 28, 1968 issue, the long-lived and much respected jazz publication Down Beat magazine awarded the album four and a half stars.[ 4]
The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars.[ 1]
Track listing
"My Favorite Things " (Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II ) - 3:24
"Waltz Without Words" (Gary David) - 4:09
"Who Knows What Love Is?" (David) - 4:25
"Phrases" (Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece) - 3:40
"Circe Revisited" (David, Bob Fylling) - 5:56
"Ricardo's Dilemma" (Roy Ayers ) - 2:33
"Patterns for Orchestra" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:07
"The Sidewalks of New York " (Charles B. Lawlor , James W. Blake ) - 6:27
"Greensleeves " (Traditional) - 2:26
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 3, 1966 (track 6) and November 4 (tracks 7-9), 1966 and in Los Angeles, CA on December 11,[ 3] 1967 (tracks 1-5).[ 2] [ 3]
Personnel
The Sound of Feeling (tracks 1-5)
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor
Burt Collins (6), Joe Newman , Ernie Royal , Clark Terry , Joe Wilder , Snooky Young (6-9), Nat Adderley (7-9) - trumpet , flugelhorn
Nat Adderley - cornet (7-9)
Jimmy Cleveland , J. J. Johnson - additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
Tony Studd - bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion , Jerome Richardson - flutes
Jerome Richardson - soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods - clarinets , alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophones
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
Al Dailey (6), Hank Jones (7-9) - piano
Eric Gale - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Grady Tate - drums
Phil Kraus (6), Bobby Rosengarden (7-9) - mallets , additional percussion
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Urbanity (1947–53)
Bluebird (1955)
Quartet-Quintet (1955)
The Trio (and Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Talented Touch (1958)
Here's Love (1963)
This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
Happenings (and Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Hanky Panky (1975)
Arigato (1976)
Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
Bop Redux (1977)
Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
I Remember You (1977)
Just for Fun (1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Carnaval (and Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)
Compassion (1978)
Groovin' High (1978)
More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
Bluesette (1979)
I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1987)
The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing , 1988)
The Oracle (1989)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
Steal Away (and Charlie Haden , 1994)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano , 2006)
Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio WithBob Brookmeyer WithAl Cohn WithColeman Hawkins WithJohnny Hodges WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson WithOliver Nelson WithSonny Stitt With others
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams , 1957)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons , 1962)
Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker , 1965)
Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson , 1956–58)
Encore (Eddie Bert , 1955)
Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown , 1959)
Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant , 1973)
Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd , 1955)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers , 1957)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)
Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer , 1957)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman , 1960–61)
Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)
New Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee , 1963)
Gigi Gryce (1958)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman , 1963)
The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)
Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet , 1951)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson , 1963)
Elvin! (Elvin Jones , 1961–62)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones , 1966)
Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan , 1978)
SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral , 1959)
The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)
I'm All For You (Joe Lovano , 2003)
Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann , 1957)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Star Highs (Warne Marsh , 1982)
Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery , 1961)
Great Day (James Mody , 1963)
Salute to Satch (Joe Newman , 1956)
The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder , 1984)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
New York Album (Art Pepper , 1979)
So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson , 1958)
The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Flute Suite (A.K. Salim , 1957)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith , 1967)
The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
Warm Wave (Cal Tjader , 1964)
Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
See You at the Fair (Ben Webster , 1964)
Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder , 1956)
The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson , 1969)
The Swingin' States (Kai Winding , 1958)
Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young , 1958)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings withAl Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithDuke Ellington WithJohnny Hodges WithQuincy Jones WithHerbie Mann WithOliver Nelson With others
My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson , 1959)
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons , 1961)
Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Goodies (George Benson , 1968)
Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo , 1968)
Jam Session (Clifford Brown , 1954)
Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown , 1964)
Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd , 1963)
Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn , 1960)
The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron , 1962)
Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)
Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz , 1962)
Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves , 1957)
The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin , 1960)
White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin , 1993)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton , 1966)
It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
Really Big! (Jimmy Heath , 1960)
Friends Old and New (John Hicks , 1992)
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP , 1983)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
J.J.! (J.J. Johnson , 1964)
Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones , 1977)
Down Home (Sam Jones , 1962)
At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef , 1960)
Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe , 1960)
Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance , 1962)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus , 1960)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy , 1962)
Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford , 1954)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner , 1974)
Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike , 1962)
Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith , 1963)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor , 1959)
New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor , 1961)
Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen , 1966)
Devil May Care (Teri Thornton , 1960–61)
Joyride (Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner , 1963)
Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington , 1954)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston , 1960)
At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams , 1963)
New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Kai Olé (Kai Winding , 1961)
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode , 1957)