Soul Battle
1962 studio album by Oliver Nelson, King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest
Soul Battle | ||||
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Studio album by Oliver Nelson, King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest | ||||
Released | May 1962 (1962-05)[1] | |||
Recorded | September 9, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz blues | |||
Length | 37:56 | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7223 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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King Curtis chronology | ||||
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Soul Battle is an album by American saxophonists Oliver Nelson, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest.[2] Recorded in 1960 and originally released by the Prestige label in 1962, it was reissued on CD in 1991, featuring one additional track.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
New Record Mirror | [4] |
Track listing
All tracks composed by Oliver Nelson; except where noted.
- "Blues at the Five Spot" - 5:43
- "Blues for M.F. (Mort Fega)" - 9:37
- "Anacruses" - 5:43
- "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 9:22
- "In Passing" - 7:31
- "Soul Street" (Jimmy Forrest) - 9:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
- Gene Casey - piano
- George Duvivier - bass
- Roy Haynes - drums
References
- ^ Billboard June 2, 1961
- ^ Soul Battle at Jazzdisco.org
- ^ Soul Battle at AllMusic
- ^ Griffiths, David (10 August 1963). "Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest: Soul Battle" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 126. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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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)