- hard bop, jazz, post-bop
- 37 min
- 6 tracks
- Prestige
Straight Ahead is a jazz studio album by saxophonist Oliver Nelson. It features acclaimed musicians such as Eric Dolphy on sax, clarinet and flute, and Roy Haynes on drums. It was recorded in March 1961 at the celebrated Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.
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Grave, spare, character-led and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- A1Images5:49
- A2Six and Four7:14
- A3Mama Lou5:04
- B1Ralph's New Blues9:54
- B2Straight Ahead5:36
- B3111-443:28
6 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Oliver Nelson, Eric Dolphy
- Label
- Prestige
- Released
- 1961
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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