Jazzhattan Suite

Compilation album by Oliver Nelson

Jazzhattan Suite

Studio album by

Oliver Nelson

Released

1968

Recorded

November 13–14, 1967

Studio

Capitol (New York City)

Genre

Jazz

Length

32:20

Label

Verve
V6-8731

Producer

Esmond Edwards

Oliver Nelson chronology

Live from Los Angeles
(1967)

Jazzhattan Suite
(1968)

Soulful Brass
(1968)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Jazzhattan Suite is a big band jazz album composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson and performed by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra. It was recorded in late 1967 and released in 1968 on Verve Records.^[2]

Track listing

"A Typical Day in New York " - 4:45
"The East Side/The West Side" - 4:12
"125th and 7th Avenue" - 6:38
"A Penthouse Dawn" - 3:09
"One for Duke" - 5:26
"Complex City" - 8:10

Recorded on November 13 (#2-6) and November 14 (#1), 1967.

Personnel

Oliver Nelson - arranger
Joe Newman - conductor, trumpet
Burt Collins, Ray Copeland, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Benny Powell, Wayne Andre - trombone
Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington - French horn
Don Butterfield - tuba
Phil Woods - alto saxophone, clarinet
Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
George Marge - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Patti Bown - piano
Ron Carter, George Duvivier - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums
Bobby Rosengarden - percussion, vibes

References

^ Allmusic review
^ at Jazzdisco

Oliver Nelson

Discography

Studio albums

Meet Oliver Nelson (1959)
Taking Care of Business (1960)
Screamin' the Blues (1960)
Nocturne (1961)
Soul Battle (1960)
Straight Ahead (1961)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
Afro/American Sketches (1962)
Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
Fantabulous (1964)
More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964)
Happenings ( 1966)
Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
Sound Pieces (1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
Jazzhattan Suite (1967)
The Spirit of '67 (1967)
The Kennedy Dream (1967)
Soulful Brass (1968)
Black, Brown and Beautiful (1969)
Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)
Skull Session (1975)
Stolen Moments (1975)

Live albums

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	The Brothers (and Stan Getz, 1949–52) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Zoot! (1956) Locking Horns (and Joe Newman, 1957) Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods, 1959) Down Home (1960) Two Jims and Zoot/Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall, 1964) Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt, 1965) Waiting Game (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967) Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, 1974) Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie, 1975) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, 1975) Soprano Sax (1976) Hawthorne Nights (1976) If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles, 1977) For Lady Day (1978) Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles, 1979) The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson, 1979) Just Friends (and Harry Edison, 1980) Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper, 1981)
Recordings with Al Cohn	From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956) Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, 1957) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff, 1957) Al and Zoot (1957) Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac, 1959) SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral, Steve Allen, 1959) Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960) You 'n' Me (1960) Either Way (1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962) Body and Soul (1973) Motoring Along (1974)
With Quincy Jones	This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) The Birth of a Band! (1959) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1962) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
With Gerry Mulligan	California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
With others	Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Encounter! (Pepper Adams, 1968) Trigger Happy!/East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert/Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott, 1956) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Louis Bellson Quintet (1954) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, 1961) Chris Connor (1956) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960) Loose Blues (Bill Evans, 1962) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967) The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins, 1956) Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975) Profiles (Gary McFarland, 1966) Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae, 1959) Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973) Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966) Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, 1974) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer, 1963) Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith, 1952) Phoebe Snow (1974) Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt, 1965) Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan, 1958) The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)