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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.[6]

Afro/American Sketches
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1962[1]
RecordedSeptember 29 & November 10, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length41:30
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7225
Oliver Nelson Orchestra chronology
Main Stem
(1961)
Afro/American Sketches
(1962)
Impressions of Phaedra
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Down Beat[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

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 voicings there are echoes of Gil Evans at his best."[7]


Track listing


All tracks composed by Nelson.

  1. "Message" – 5:56
  2. "Jungleaire" – 6:33
  3. "Emancipation Blues" – 8:11
  4. "There's a Yearnin'" – 4:24
  5. "Going Up North" – 6:11
  6. "Disillusioned" – 5:36
  7. "Freedom Dance" – 4:39

Recorded on September 29 (#1, 3, 4, 6, 7) and November 10 (#2, 5), 1961.


Personnel


Tracks 2, 5

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7


References


  1. Billboard Feb 24, 1962
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Down Beat: June 7, 1962, vol. 29, no. 12
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 151. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1071. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Afro/American Sketches at Jazzdisco
  7. Down Beat: June 7, 1962, vol. 29, no. 12



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