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Live from Los Angeles

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Live from Los Angeles
Live album by
Released1967
RecordedJune 2–4, 1967
VenueMarty's on the Hill, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length38:37
LabelImpulse! A 9153
ProducerBob Thiele
Oliver Nelson chronology
The Kennedy Dream
(1967)
Live from Los Angeles
(1967)
Jazzhattan Suite
(1967)

Live from Los Angeles is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 1968 wrote that:

"Here's a driving high flying record from start to finish. It's jazz at its exciting best as Nelson's arranging conducting and zippy sax work lead real quality playing...".[4]

The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2 stars stating:

"Oliver Nelson's live recordings don't seem as sharp as his studio stuff. Good playing, though, from a good group of West Coasters, but nothing exciting happens".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Oliver Nelson except as indicated
  1. "Miss Fine" – 4:13
  2. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 8:32
  3. "I Remember Bird" (Leonard Feather) – 5:40
  4. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins, Oscar Washington) – 4:49
  5. "Guitar Blues" – 4:21
  6. "Down by the Riverside" – 8:49
  7. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) – 2:13
  • Recorded at Marty's On The Hill in Los Angeles, California on June 2, 1967 (track 1), June 3, 1967 (track 2) and June 4, 1967 (tracks 3-7).

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
  2. ^ a b Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1071. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 24 February 1968. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510.