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Nelson, Oliver (Edward)
composer, arranger, JSX~
| born: 04 Jun 1932 |
St. Louis, Missouri / state, USA |
Source: 1,2 |
| died: 27 Oct 1975 |
Los Angeles, California / state, USA |
Source: 1,2 |
| died: 28 Oct 1975 |
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African American composers
The above item is part of :
Horne, Aaron
Baker, David N.
Brass music of black composers : a bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by David N. Baker
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996
Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.
Number of People : 5,680
Roach, Hildred
Black American music : past and present
Second edition
Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668 p.
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Horne, Aaron
Lerma, Dominique-Rene de
String music of black composers
A bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by Dominique-Rene de Lerma
New York: Greenwood Press, 1991
(Series: Music Reference Collection; 33)
Wright, H. Stephen
Limbacher, James L.
Keeping score : film and television music, 1980-1988
(with additional coverage of 1921-1979)
James L. Limbacher and H. Stephen Wright
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991
Number of People : 5,562
Horne, Aaron
Woodwind music of black composers
Compiled by Aaron Horne
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990, 145 p.
(Series: Music reference collection; 24)
Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.
Number of People : 4,498
Perlo, Don
Lyons, Len
Jazz portraits
The lives and music of the jazz masters
By Len Lyons and Don Perlo
New York: William Morrow, 1989, 610 p.
Cunningham, Lyn Driggs
Haines, Teri
Jones, Jimmy
Sweet, hot and blue : St. Louis' musical heritage
By Lyn Driggs Cunningham and Jimmy Jones
Index by Teri Haines
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1989, 245 p.
Suppan, Wolfgang
Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens
3. Auflage des Lexikons des Blasmusikwesens
Herausgegeben in Verbindung mit dem Bund Deutscher Blasmusikverbande
Freiburg-Tiengen: Blasmusikverlag Schulz, 1988, 386 p.
Number of People : 2,925
Kernfeld, Barry Dean
The new Grove dictionary of jazz
Edited by Barry Kernfeld
London: Macmillan Press, 1988
Number of People : 3,377
Harrison, Paul Carter
Chuck Stewart's jazz files
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1985
Roach, Hildred
Black American music. Past and present
Vol. I
Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger, 1985
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.
Number of People : 3,986
Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.
Number of People : 1,184
Rivelli, Pauline
Giants of black music
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Lacombe, Alain
Rocle, Claude
La musique du film
[par] Alain Lacombe et Claude Rocle
Paris: Editions Francis van der Velde, 1979, 516 p.
Ouzer, Louis
Crociata, Francis
Contemporary musicians in photographs taken at the Eastman School of Music
By Louis Ouzer
With text by Francis Crociata
New York: Dover Publications, c1979, 118 p.
Baker, David N.
The black composer speaks
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978
Bacsik, E.
A Tribute to Oliver Nelson.
Educator, vol. 9, no. 3, 1977. p. 42-43
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Music Educator's Journal, vol. 62, January 1976. p. 109
Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.
Number of People : 3,758
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Coda, no. 145, March 1976. p. 32
Berindei, Mihai
Dictionaire de jazz
Bucuresti: Editura Stiintifica si Enciclopedica, 1976, 289 p.
Number of People : 768
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Jazz Forum, no. 39, 1976, p. 17
Les Faces de Nelson : Discographie Selective du Saxophoniste et Compositeur Oliver Nelson.
Jazz Magazine, no. 242, March 1976. p. 14
Waxing on : Images.
down beat, vol. 43, October 21, 1976. p. 34
Index to music necrology : 1975 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1976, p. 736
Record reviews : a Dream Deferred.
down beat, vol. 43, December 2, 1976. p. 18-19
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Jazz Magazine, no. 239, December 1975, p. 6
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
International Musician, vol. 74, December 1975, p. 15
Dexter, Dave
Donald Byrd & Oliver Nelson : 2 Arrangers with a Knack for Breaking Pop.
Billboard, vol. 87, June 28, 1975. p. 28
How to Produce a Recording ... Oliver Nelson Style.
down beat, vol. 42, April 24, 1975. p. 40
Oliver Nelson Dies Suddenly.
Billboard, vol. 87, November 8, 1975. p. 55
Fowler, B.
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
down beat, vol. 42, December 18, 1975. p. 11
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Jet, vol. 49, November 13, 1975, p. 55
Feather, Leonard
Saxophonist Oliver Nelson Dead at 43.
Rolling Stone, no. 202, December 18, 1975. p. 23
Fowler, W.L.
Oliver Nelson : New Hope for the Abstract Truth.
down beat, vol. 42, April 24, 1975. p. 10
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Jazz Podium, vol. 24, December 1975. p. 28
Nelson, Oliver
Improvisation Patterns.
down beat, vol. 42, April 24, 1975, p. 41
Note: An excerpt from Nelson's book Patterns for Improvisation.
[Oliver Nelson - obituary]
Variety, vol. 280, November 5, 1975. p. 86
Talent in Action.
Billboard, vol. 87, July 19, 1975. p. 54
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Caught
down beat, vol. 42, October 23, 1975. p. 37-38
Limbacher, James L.
Film music : from violins to video
Compiled and edited by James L. Limbacher
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974
Number of People : 4,664
Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.
Number of People : 6,198
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
The Score : the Writers in Profile.
Record reviews : Black, Brown and Beautiful.
Coda, vol. 10, no. 6, 1972. p. 21
Record reviews : Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra.
Coda, vol. 10, no. 7, 1972. p. 21-22
Bohlander, Carlo
Holler, Karl Heinz
Reclams Jazzfuhrer
Von Carlo Bohlander und Karl Heinz Holler
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1971, 991 p.
Number of People : 1,780
Lacombe, Alain
Retour sur Nelson.
Jazz Magazine, no. 190, June-July 1971. p. 46-47
Simmonds, R.
Oliver Nelson in Berlin.
Crescendo International, vol. 9, January 1971. p. 26-27
Kimball, G.
Records : Leon Thomas in Berlin with Oliver Nelson.
Rolling Stone, no. 89, August 19, 1971. p. 39
Storb, Ilse
Eindrucke vom 5. Internationalen Jazz-Festival in Montreux.
Musik und Bildung, vol. 3, September 1971. p. 441
Klee, J.H.
Record reviews : Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra.
down beat, vol. 38, November 11, 1971. p. 16
Disques du Mois : Black, Brown and Beautiful.
Jazz Magazine, no. 193, October 1971. p. 48
Siders, Harvey
Oliver's New Twist.
down beat, vol. 37, July 23, 1970. p. 17
Bourne, M.
Record reviews : Black, Brown, and Beautiful.
down beat, vol. 37, July 9, 1970. p. 26-27
Smith, W.
Record reviews : 3 Shades of Blue.
Jazz and Pop, vol. 9, November 1970. p. 49
Feather, Leonard
Saxophone and Septet Through Darkest Africa.
Melody Maker, vol. 44, June 28, 1969. p. 8
Oliver Nelson Tours Africa for State Dept.
down beat, vol. 36, April 3, 1969. p. 12
Record reviews.
Jazz Journal, vol. 22, November 1969. p. 33
Record reviews.
down beat, vol. 36, August 7, 1969. p. 23-24
Woods, P.
La Musique d'Oliver Nelson.
Jazz Magazine, no. 164, March 1969. p. 36-39
Rivelli, Pauline
Oliver Nelson's African Tour.
Jazz and Pop, vol. 8, July 1969. p. 46-50
Premieres
Note: Discussion of Nelson's "Piece for Orchestra."
In the Press.
BMI, January 1969. p. 8-9
Weisenberg, C.M.
The State of Jazz Education.
down beat, vol. 35, September 19, 1968, p. 16-17
Note: Interview with Nelson.
Feather, Leonard
From Pen to Screen.
International Musician, vol. 67, July 1968. p. 14
Garland, P.
Many Bags of Oliver Nelson.
Ebony, vol. 24, November 1968. p. 108-110
Ginibre, J.L.
Los Angeles 68 de a A Z.
Jazz Magazine, no. 156-157, July-August 1968. p. 27
Williams, R.
Straight Ahead
The Early Work of Oliver Nelson & Eric Dolphy.
Jazz Journal, vol. 20, July 1967. p. 4-6
Premieres
BMI, October 1967, p. 23-24
Note: Premiere of Nelson's "Concerto for Xylophone, Marimba and Vibraphone."
The Commercial Composer Enters the School Music Field.
A Phenomenon of our Times.
Instrumentalist, vol. 22, November 1967. p. 88
Dance, Stanley
Premieres
Music Journal, vol. 25, November 1967, p. 65
Feather, Leonard
Blindfold Test.
down beat, vol. 34, September 7, 1967. p. 35
Dance, Stanley
Premieres
BMI, December 1967. p. 7-8
At Home with Oliver Nelson.
Jazz, vol. 5, no. 7, 1966. p. 15-18
Feather, Leonard
Lewis, John
The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixties
Foreword by John Lewis
New York: Horizon Press, 1966
Number of People : 1,137
Harman, C.
Old Blues Dressed up Fit to Kill.
Life, vol. 60, March 11, 1966. p. 10
Oliver Nelson Leads New Breed : Musicians with Wide Portfolios.
Billboard, vol. 77, March 20, 1965. p. 26
Tangents
down beat, vol. 31, June 18, 1964. p. 14-17
Feather, Leonard
Blindfold Test.
down beat, vol. 31, June 4, 1964. p. 32
Schiozzi, Bruno
Oliver Nelson.
Musica Jazz, vol. 19, March 1963. p. 28
Wilson, J.S.
Jazz 1962.
International Musician, vol. 61, January 1963, p. 12
Cooke, J.
Better Times Ahead.
Jazz Monthly, vol. 8, January 1963. p. 4-5
Goldberg, J.
Focus on Oliver Nelson.
down beat, vol. 29, February 15, 1962. p. 17
Des "Sketches" Signes Nelson.
Jazz Magazine, vol. 8, March 1962. p. 15
Feather, Leonard
Goodman, Benny
Hammond, John
Ellington, Duke
The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz
Completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date
Appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond
New York: Horizon Press, 1960
Number of People : 1,945
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