Is your network connection unstable or browser outdated. Use Facebook, Twitter or your email to sign in. Oliver Nelson was a distinctive soloist on alto, tenor, and even soprano, but his writing eventually overshadowed his playing skills. By 1967, when he moved to Los Angeles, Nelson was working hard in the studios, writing for television and movies. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. Listen to Oliver Nelson on Jango Radio. His most famous film music works are Death of a Gunfighter,Ironside (TV series), Night Gallery, Columbo, the six million dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and Longstreet. Jango is personalized internet radio that helps you find new music based on what you already like. Download our mobile app now. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. SPACEBAR resumes the slideshow. A part of the People / Entertainment Weekly Network. But he also brought itself as Band leader together with musicians such as Kenny Dorham, Johnny Hammond Smith, Eric Dolphy, Roy Haynes, King Curtisand Jimmy Forrest LP records on the market and the breakthrough came with the album "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" and it contained thereon Stolen Moments. His brother was a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. He arranged himself for many artists and artists from the jazz and pop music. From 1947 he was a saxophonist in Bands in the region of Saint Louis and from 1950 he became second alto saxophonist in the "Louis Jordan Big Band", for which arranging. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud, About me: 6 more photos, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Check out Oliver Nelson on Amazon Music. The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold kidnapping, Article in the newspaper "New York Times" on 30 October 1975 on the death of Oliver Nelson on 27 October 1975, https://music.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Nelson?oldid=93727, The Mayor and the People Press Conference. Oliver Nelson was a distinctive soloist on alto, tenor, and even soprano, but his writing eventually overshadowed his playing skills. We loaded your account with your Twitter details. Oliver Nelson, Music Department: Ultimo tango a Parigi. After he graduated, he was a member in the "Erskine HawkinsOrchestra" and from 1959 for a short time at Louie Bellson. But good as his playing was, Nelson was in greater demand as an arranger, writing for big band dates of Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, and Billy Taylor, among others. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. ~ Scott Yanow. Your search did not return any results. You may already know people on Myspace. He became a professional early on in 1947, playing with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and with St. Louis big bands headed by George Hudson and Nat Towles. We based it off your Facebook details. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six and started on the saxophone at eleven. Also its sister played the piano and was a singer. Drop music and videos into the areas below. Getting in is easy. Oliver Nelson needs to be reconsidered by music listeners for what he was - one of the most significant jazz voices of his generation, and an important big band composer and arranger of the 1960s. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Oliver Nelson on your desktop or mobile device. You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon. We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. This helps us keep people, musicians and brands searchable on Myspace. He was subdued by the U.S. Navy and then studied at the Washington University in Saint Louis music theory and composition. He occasionally appeared with a big band, wrote a few ambitious works, and recorded jazz on an infrequent basis, but Oliver Nelson was largely lost to jazz a few years before his unexpected death at age 43 from a heart attack. This great modern arranger's life was short yet fruitful. After moving to New York, Nelson worked briefly with Erskine Hawkins, Wild Bill Davis, and Louie Bellson (the latter on the West Coast). Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a U.S. jazz saxophonist, composer, and … Don't have a Myspace account yet? We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.