Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra
1971 live album by Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband"
Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra | ||||
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Live album by Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband" | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Recorded | November 5, 1970 | |||
Venue | Berliner Jazztage, Berlin, Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Flying Dutchman FD 10134 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
Oliver Nelson chronology | ||||
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Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band recorded at the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "None of the individual pieces caught on but taken as a whole, this out-of-print LP should please big-band collectors and serves as a good example of Oliver Nelson's writing style".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Nelson.
- "Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra" - 18:25
- "Confrontation"
- "Check point Charlie"
- "Relative Calm"
- "Over the Wall"
- "Impressions of Berlin: Ku-Damm" - 6:02
- "Impressions of Berlin: Wannsee" - 5:21
- "Impressions of Berlin: Heidi" - 6:07
- "Impressions of Berlin: Berlin bei Nacht" - 5:14
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
- Milo Pavlovic, Ronny Simmonds, Carmell Jones, Harry Stamp, Manfred Stoppachier - trumpet
- Slide Hampton, Barry Ross, Åke Persson, Charles Orieux, Kurt Masnick - trombone
- Leo Wright, Klaus Marmulla - alto saxophone
- Adi Feuerstien, Rolf Romer - tenor saxophone
- Jan Konopasek - baritone saxophone
- Freddy L'Host - clarinet
- Kai Rautenberg - piano
- Hajo Lange - bass
- Dai Bowen, Heinz Niemeyer - percussion
References
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- Meet Oliver Nelson (1959)
- Taking Care of Business (1960)
- Screamin' the Blues (1960)
- Nocturne (1961)
- Soul Battle (1960)
- Straight Ahead (1961)
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
- Afro/American Sketches (1962)
- Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
- Fantabulous (1964)
- More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964)
- Happenings ( 1966)
- Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
- Sound Pieces (1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
- The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
- Jazzhattan Suite (1967)
- The Spirit of '67 (1967)
- The Kennedy Dream (1967)
- Soulful Brass (1968)
- Black, Brown and Beautiful (1969)
- Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)
- Skull Session (1975)
- Stolen Moments (1975)
- Live from Los Angeles (1967)
- Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (1970)
- Leon Thomas in Berlin (1971)
- Swiss Suite (1972)