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Fact #107333

When:

11111964

Short story:

Oliver Nelson records Blues And The Abstract Truth, Blues O'Mighty and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Full article:

Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) : (Blues and The Abstract Truth was a very popular jazz record with a kind of mainstream, big-band sound. Nelson had a West Coast sound and the contrast between (altoist) Eric Dolphy solos and that slick, swinging rhythm section was very interesting to me.
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