The Sound of Feeling

The Sound of Feeling
Studio album by Oliver Nelson
Released 1968
Recorded November 3 & 4, 1966 and December 11, 1967
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ and Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 35:23
Label Verve
V/V6 8743
Producer Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye
Oliver Nelson chronology
Encyclopedia of Jazz
(1966)Encyclopedia of Jazz1966		 The Sound of Feeling
(1966-67)		 The Spirit of '67
(1967)The Spirit of '671967

The Sound of Feeling (full title Leonard Feather Presents The Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson) is a jazz album featuring two separate groups featuring Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1966 and released on the Verve label.[1][2] The split album begins with five tracks by the Los Angeles based group The Sound of Feeling, featuring identical twin vocalists Alyce and Rhae Andrece and pianist Gary David with the addition of soloist Nelson. Four tracks are by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars, a big band composed of top New York studio musicians, arranged and conducted by Nelson which were recorded to accompany Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[3]
Allmusic[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars.[4]

Track listing

  1. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:24
  2. "Waltz Without Words" (Gary David) - 4:09
  3. "Who Knows What Love Is?" (David) - 4:25
  4. "Phrases" (Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece) - 3:40
  5. "Circe Revisited" (David, Bob Fylling) - 5:56
  6. "Ricardo's Dilemma" (Roy Ayers) - 2:33
  7. "Patterns for Orchestra" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:07
  8. "The Sidewalks of New York" ( Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake) - 6:27
  9. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 2:26
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 3, 1966 (track 6) and November 4 (tracks 7-9), 1966 and in Los Angeles, CA on December 11, 1967 (tracks 1-5).

Personnel

The Sound of Feeling (tracks 1-5)

The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)

References

  1. ↑ Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series, accessed February 4, 2016
  2. ↑ Payne, D. Oliver Nelson Discography, accessed February 4, 2016
  3. ↑ Down Beat: November 28, 1968 Vol. 35, No. 24
  4. 1 2 Allmusic Listing accessed February 4, 2016
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