- jazz, hard bop
- 37 min
- 6 tracks
- impulse!
The Blues and the Abstract Truth is an album by American composer and jazz saxophonist Oliver Nelson recorded in February 1961 for the Impulse! label. It remains Nelson's most acclaimed album and features a lineup of notable musicians: Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes.
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Grave, character-led, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Stolen Moments8:45
- 2Hoe-Down4:43
- 3Cascades5:31
- 4Yearnin’6:22
- 5Butch and Butch4:34
- 6Teenie’s Blues6:38
6 tracks, 37 minutes.
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- Artist
- Oliver Nelson
- Label
- impulse!
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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- XW
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