Encyclopedia of Jazz

Encyclopedia of Jazz
Studio album by Oliver Nelson/Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery/Count Basie/Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines
Released	1967
Recorded	October 8, 1965, January 14, 1966, September 28, 1966 and November 3 & 4, 1966
Studio	NYC and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:00
Label	Verve V/V6 8677
Producer	Creed Taylor
Oliver Nelson chronology
Happenings (1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1967) The Sound of Feeling (1966-67)

Encyclopedia of Jazz (full title Leonard Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz (in the Sixties) Volume One: The Blues) is an album released on the Verve label compiled by jazz journalist Leonard Feather featuring tracks which were recorded to accompany Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties .^[1][2] The album features three tracks by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson along with one track each by Jimmy Smith with Wes Montgomery, Count Basie and Johnny Hodges with Earl Hines.