Soulful Brass Explained

Soulful Brass
Type:	Album
Artist:	Oliver Nelson and Steve Allen
Cover:	Soulful Brass.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	March 15 & 18, 1968
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:11
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Oliver Nelson
Prev Title:	Jazzhattan Suite
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Coldwater Flat
Next Year:	1968

Soulful Brass is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and pianist/entertainer Steve Allen featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 1½ stars, stating: "Not one of Nelson's most memorable: watered-down arrangements and pop tunes framing Allen's electronic harpsichord noodling".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Allen except as indicated

1. "Torino" (Lou Garisto) - 2:03
2. "Sound Machine" (Steve Allen, S. Clayton) - 3:40
3. "Goin' Out of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes off You" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein / Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) - 2:50
4. "Spooky" (Mike Sharpe, Harry Middlebrook) - 3:43
5. "125th Street & 7th Avenue" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:55
6. "Green Tambourine" (Paul Leka, Shelly Pinz) - 2:28
7. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding, Steve Cropper) - 2:32
8. "Goin' Great" (Stan Applebaum) - 3:11
9. "Things I Should Have Said" (Steve Allen, David Allen) - 2:46
10. "Go Fly A Kite" - 2:30
11. "Melissa" - 3:59
12. "Last Night (Was a Bad Night)" - 2:34

• Recorded in Los Angeles, California, on March 15, 1968 (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 7 12), and March 18, 1968 (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7 & 10)

Personnel

• Steve Allen - electric harpsichord, piano
• Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor
• Bobby Bryant - trumpet
• Tom Scott - tenor saxophone
• Roger Kellaway - piano
• Barney Kessel - guitar
• Larry Bunker, Jimmy Gordon - drums

Ron Carter - bassBritt Woodman - trombone Grady Tate - drums

• Other unknown musicians

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9168 Impulse! Records discography
2. Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2011.