Oliver Nelson - Cascades (The Blues and the Abstract Truth )

All tracks composed by Nelson.

Album Performers

Oliver Nelson — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy — flute, alto saxophone
George Barrow — baritone saxophone
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Bill Evans — piano
Paul Chambers — bass
Roy Haynes — drums

Released August 1961
Recorded February 23, 1961
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Progressive jazz
Post-bop

Label Impulse!

[grantkoeller]

Freddie is in his top He steals the show on every

[medialawprof]

Among my favorite jazz albums since I was a teenager, decades ago.

[KareemPilot]

One of the greatest albums of all time

[BioHeinrich]

One of the most awesome outro's ever. The whole album is just epic. Fantastic harmonization of the tunes, fantastic solo's, fantastic, …

[tomd]

My favourite tune from the whole album. Bill's solo is just smokin'

[antoniocarrasco]

Esto fue lo primero de jazz que escuché en la vida y me voló la cabeza

[desperatetimes]

Oliver and his bud Stan Davis used to come into the Studio City Jazz Club The Times in the 70s when Oliver was writing for Universal Studios and I would prepare some food for Oliver.

[tuckerbenton]

damn this song is highly underappreciated

[peliparado]

One of my favorite jazz recordings of all time. What an incredible lineup.

[Viper-uryd]

0:53 1:30 1:44 1:50 2:04 2:07 2:13 2:19 2:27 2:30 2:35

[denniswong]

Check out the interplay between Bill Evans and drummer Roy Haynes, they kept the duet going even into the fadeout. Hubbard is also excellent in this landmark classic album!

[grantkoeller]

16 bar minor blues with an 8 bridge AABA for a total of 56 bars= (16- 16- 8- 16)