Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle

1966 studio album by Oliver Nelson

Studio album by

Oliver Nelson

Released

1966

Recorded

April 13 & 14, 1966

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs NJ

Genre

Jazz

Length

34:49

Label

Impulse!

Producer

Bob Thiele

Oliver Nelson chronology

More Blues and the Abstract Truth
(1964)

Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle
(1966)

Sound Pieces
(1966)

Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle is an album by American jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Oliver Nelson, featuring solos by Nelson and Phil Woods, recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2, stars stating: "This is an album of short, often corny tunes and brief, likable solos."^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"Island Virgin" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 3:29
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) - 2:51
"Jazz Bug" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:05
"Together Again" (Buck Owens) - 3:07
"Flowers on the Wall" (Lew DeWitt) - 2:35
"Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:44
"Once Upon a Time" (Johnny Hodges) - 3:36
"Michelle" (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:29
"Do You See What I See?" (George Douglas, Oliver Nelson, George David Weiss) - 2:46
"Fantastic, That's You" (George Cates, George Douglas) - 2:59
"Beautiful Music" (Douglas, Weiss) - 2:19
"(Land of Meadows) Meadowland" (Gusser, Knipper, Rome, Sirmay) - 2:49

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio on April 13, 1966 (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10 & 11), and April 14, 1966 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 12)

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10 & 11

Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger, conductor
Clark Terry, Snooky Young - trumpet, flugelhorn
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Romeo Penque - tenor saxophone, alto flute
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
Hank Jones - piano
Billy Butler - guitar, electric bass
Al Lucas - electric guitar
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Grady Tate – drums
Bobby Rosengarden - percussion

Tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 12

Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger, conductor
Clark Terry, Snooky Young, Joe Newman - trumpet, flugelhorn
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
Hank Jones - piano
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Richard Davis - bass
Grady Tate – drums
Bobby Rosengarden - percussion

References

^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 31, 2011
^ ^a ^b Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed March 31, 2011

Oliver Nelson

Discography

Studio albums

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 albums

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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	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
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)
Discography

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Clark Terry (1955) Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957) Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957) Duke with a Difference (1957) In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1959) Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (1960) Everything's Mellow (1961) Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962) Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962) 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963) Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964) The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964) Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964) The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965) Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966) Mumbles (1966) Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966) Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966) It's What's Happenin' (1967) Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975) Ain't Misbehavin' (1979) Mother———! Mother———!! (1979) Memories of Duke (1980)
With Duke Ellington	Ellington Uptown (1952) Premiered by Ellington (1953) Ellington '55 (1953–54) Dance to the Duke! (1953–54) Ellington Showcase (1953–55) A Drum Is a Woman (1956) Blue Rose (1956) Ellington at Newport (1956) Such Sweet Thunder (1957) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) All Star Road Band (1957) Ellington Indigos (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (1958) Blues in Orbit (1958–59) Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958) The Cosmic Scene (1958) Festival Session (1959) The Ellington Suites (1959) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)
With Johnny Hodges	Creamy (1954) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) Duke's in Bed (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962) For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With Quincy Jones	The Birth of a Band! (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1961) Big Band Bossa Nova (1962) Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65) The Hot Rock (1972)
With Herbie Mann	Our Mann Flute (1960–66) Latin Fever (1962–64) My Kinda Groove (1964) The Beat Goes On (1964–67) The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)
With Oliver Nelson	Impressions of Phaedra (1962) Full Nelson (1962–63) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
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)