Blues and Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson

Blues and Abstract Truth

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Blues and Abstract Truth

Features

Audio CD (August 15, 1995)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Grp Records

Catalog Number: 154

Reader Reviews
All the previous reviewers have just said it all about this album, but nevertheless I want to pay my tribute to one of the greatest album in Jazz too. Firstly I want to say that this is truly essential if you are steppin' into Jazz (if you are a Jazz fan you surely know this gem). Probably it is the first album I would suggest to a novice after Kind of blue. The first tune alone, the majestic minor blues Stolen Moments is worth the ticket. Simply buy this disc, there's nothing more to say. It's a work of art that can appeal to everyone who has a music sensibility, no matter the age, the sex, the race. Buy it. But after that what can I say more that some guys haven't said before? This album is in the category of albums that match compositions and improvisations in the best way. It is very balanced, incredibly well written and played hard bop strongly rooted in the blues. It's pure magic. But let's talk about the musicians and their contributions here. Personally I find absolutly sublime the music played by Hubbard. His trumpet solos here are something that have the right to enter the Alltime Jazz Hall of Fame. And obviously I can't not to mention Bill Evans. And I want to pay a special mention to Roy haynes. His job here is a master in jazz drumming. He played light, percussive, present but discrete, propulsive, dynamic, creative, vulcanic but unobtrusive. Simply perfect. If the other guys played some of their best stuff it is surely because they had an unbelievable drummer pushing, substaining, stimulating them at every second. Roy's drumming is like a velvet, scintillating background on which the guys put their solos on like diamonds. Roy's drumming help the diamonds shine how they possibly could. There are no words to describe Roy's playing here (as everywhere). He is JAZZ DRUMMING, simply perfection. If you don't buy this album, simply you're not into Jazz but neither into music in general.

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