Screamin' the Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Screamin' the Blues
| type = studio
| artist = Oliver Nelson
| cover = Screamin'_the_Blues.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1961|1}}{{cite news |last1=Editorial Staff |first1=Cash Box |title=January Album Releases |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1961/CB-1961-01-21-OCR-Page-0048.pdf |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY |date=21 Jan 1961}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=BCMEAAAAMBAJ&q=oliver+nelson+screamin+blues&pg=PA31 Billboard Jan 16, 1961]
| recorded = May 27, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz blues
| length = 39:59
| label = New Jazz
NJ 8243
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| prev_title = Lem's Beat
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Nocturne
| next_year = 1961
}}
Screamin' the Blues is an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson,[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8243 Screamin' the Blues at Jazzdisco.org] originally released in 1961 on New Jazz Records.
Reception
Leonard Feather gave the album 4 stars in his DownBeat review.{{Cite journal |last=Feather |first=Leonard |date=March 16, 1961 |title=In Review |journal=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=27}} Feather called the album Neslon's best record to date.{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r144599}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1070}}
| rev3 = DownBeat
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Oliver Nelson, except where noted
| title1 = Screamin' the Blues
| length1 = 11:00
| title2 = March On, March On
| note2 = Esmond Edwards
| length2 = 4:59
| title3 = The Drive
| length3 = 5:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title4 = The Meetin'
| length4 = 6:44
| title5 = Three Seconds
| length5 = 6:26
| title6 = Alto-Itis
| length6 = 5:00
}}
Personnel
- Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Richard Williams – trumpet
- Richard Wyands – piano
- George Duvivier – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
References
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Category:New Jazz Records albums