Full Nelson (album)

Full Nelson
Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of August 1963[1]
RecordedNovember 19, 1962 (#1, 2, 8, 9)
February 26, 1963 (#3, 4, 7, 10)
March 28, 1963 (#5, 6, 11, 12)
StudioRCA Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:05
LabelVerve
V-8508
ProducerCreed Taylor
Oliver Nelson Orchestra chronology
Impressions of Phaedra
(1962)
Full Nelson
(1963)
Fantabulous
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Full Nelson is a jazz album by Oliver Nelson recorded in 1962 and 1963, and released on Verve Records. It is one of his first big band albums.[4] Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down, originally based on an Aaron Copland composition, which initially appeared in a septet version on The Blues and the Abstract Truth, in a driving big band arrangement that features Clark Terry.

  1. ^ Billboard Aug 31, 1963
  2. ^ Down Beat: November 7, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 29
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Full Nelson at Discogs