''Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra'' is a live album by American jazz composer/arranger

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...

featuring performances by a big band recorded at the

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in 1971 and first released on the

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Reception

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review by Scott Yanow stated: "None of the individual pieces caught on but taken as a whole, this out-of-print LP should please big-band collectors and serves as a good example of Oliver Nelson's writing style".

Track listing

''All compositions by Oliver Nelson''. # "Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra" - 18:25 ## "Confrontation" ## "Check point Charlie" ## "Relative Calm" ## "Over the Wall" # "Impressions of Berlin: Ku-Damm" - 6:02 # "Impressions of Berlin: Wannsee" - 5:21 # "Impressions of Berlin: Heidi" - 6:07 # "Impressions of Berlin: Berlin bei Nacht" - 5:14

Personnel

- alto saxophone, arranger, conductor *Milo Pavlovic, Ronny Simmonds,

Carmell Jones Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) was an American jazz trumpet player. Biography Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. He started piano lessons at age five, and trumpet lessons at age seven. His first professional ...

, Harry Stamp, Manfred Stoppachier -

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* Slide Hampton, Barry Ross,

Åke Persson Åke Persson (February 25, 1932 – February 5, 1975) was a Swedish bebop jazz trombonist. Biography Persson was born in Hässleholm, southern Sweden and started his music career by playing valve trumper in school. Persson, known as "the Comet ...

, Charles Orieux, Kurt Masnick -

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, Klaus Marmulla - alto saxophone *Adi Feuerstien, Rolf Romer -

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*Jan Konopasek - baritone saxophone *Freddy L'Host - clarinet *Kai Rautenberg -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*Hajo Lange - bass *Dai Bowen, Heinz Niemeyer -

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References

{{Authority control 1971 live albums Albums arranged by Oliver Nelson Albums conducted by Oliver Nelson Albums produced by Bob Thiele Flying Dutchman Records live albums Oliver Nelson live albums