The Jazz Life— Oliver Nelson

The Six Million Dollar Man of Jazz

Oliver Nelson. Jazz Musician Database

Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and into the 1970s, one of the best jazz composers, arrangers, and band-leaders around was Oliver Nelson; he wasn’t a bad alto saxophonist either.

Sadly, Nelson died in 1975 of a heart attack, which is of little surprise when you listen to the tremendously energetic albums he recorded, most especially the iconic More Blues…