Hard Bop Heaven: Oliver Nelson - "The Blues And The Abstract Truth"

Hard Bop Heaven: Oliver Nelson - "The Blues And The Abstract Truth"

A true all-star affair, The Blues And The Abstract Truth finds Oliver Nelson leading a group of legendary jazz musicians on a record that just about sums up the essence of the hard bop sound that had been building momentum since the mid-1950s. 

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Oliver Nelson - "Nocturne"

Oliver Nelson - "Nocturne"

Oliver Nelson will always be best known for his 1961 masterpiece The Blues And The Abstract Truth on Impulse!, but he also made some excellent records for Prestige in the years just preceding that release. One of the lesser known ones is Nocturne, an LP released on the Moodsville subset of Prestige in 1960. 

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