Skull Session Explained
Skull Session is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1975 for the Flying Dutchman label.[1] [2]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars, stating: "For this interesting session, Oliver Nelson (who wrote and arranged all eight numbers) utilizes electric keyboards and rock and funk rhythms in what is still a big-band jazz date".
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
- Grover Mitchell, Richard Nash, Chauncey Welsch - trombone (tracks 2-4)
- Maurice Spears - bass trombone (tracks 2-4)
- Vincent DeRosa, Davis Allan Duke - French horn (tracks 2-4)
- Don Waldrop - tuba (tracks 2-4)
- Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Bud Shank - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, alto flute (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7)
- Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, clarinet, tenor flute, alto flute (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7)
- Billy Green - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-5 & 8)
- Billy Perkins - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1-5 & 8)
- John Kelson Jr. - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 6 & 7)
- Lonnie Liston Smith - electric piano (tracks 1-5 & 8)
- Dennis Budimir, Lee Ritenour - electric guitar (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
- Chuck Domanico - bass, electric bass
- Shelly Manne - drums, percussion
- Jimmy Gordon - drums (tracks 1, 5 & 7)
- Willie Bobo - percussion
Notes and References
- Payne, D., Oliver Nelson discography accessed February 8, 2016
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/flyingdutchman.pdf Flying Dutchman Label Discography
