| Afro/American Sketches | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Oliver Nelson Orchestra |
| Cover: | Afro_American Sketches.jpg |
| Released: | February 1962[1] |
| Recorded: | September 29 & November 10, 1961 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:30 |
| Label: | Prestige PRLP 7225 |
| Prev Title: | Main Stem |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Impressions of Phaedra |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Afro/American Sketches is a jazz album by Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1961 and released in 1962. It is his first big band album as a leader.[2]
In a June 7, 1962, review for Down Beat magazine jazz critic Richard B. Hadlock said this of Nelson: "In his penchant for melodic simplicity and inner complexity he is close to the secret of Duke Ellington's most enduring scores, and in his thick linear voicing there are echoes of Gil Evans at his best."[3]
All tracks composed by Nelson.
Recorded on September 29 (#1, 3, 4, 6, 7) and November 10 (#2, 5), 1961.
Tracks 2, 5
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7