Screamin' the Blues (Oliver Nelson album released on New Jazz)

Reissues history

There are no known alternate takes or otherwise unreleased material from this session.

All tracks are also on the Complete Prestige Fantasy box, 9PRCD-44182.

Remasters history

The normal New Jazz trajectory is:
1. originally recorded by Van Gelder in his studio
* quality is good, because of RVG, but this is obviously mastered in the 60s
2. Original Jazz Classics reissues it first on CD during the late 80s or early 90s with a remaster done in Fantasy Studios, generally by Phil De Lancie
* generally very decent albeit a bit cold - it is more a small cleanup / update to the originals
3. There generally is a handful of limited edition / special releases for the Japanese market with a distinct Victor remaster
* typically uses K2/20bit/24bit
4. RVG remaster then come out with a significant upgrade, available in CD and digital
* these come with significant differences compared to the original mastering and are generally vastly superior to other prior masterings and are typically the gold standard if you go digital
5. occasionally audiophile vinyls come out, typically from Analogue Productions, with their own remastering
* these are sounding very different, and very good - they are typically the gold standard if you go analog

Listening notes

Dolphy credits by Saul / Simosko are spot on.

For Nelson:
- Screamin: tenor
- March on march on: alto
- The drive: tenor
- The meetin: tenor
- Three seconds: alto
- Alto-itis: both alto

Verbatim

Simosko

"bass clarinet solo appears on the title tune"

Saul

Three Seconds (as), Alto-itis (as), The Meetin' (as), The Drive (as), March On March On (as), Screamin' the Blues (bcl)

Prestige 45-202 or 508, Status 8243, Prestige P24060, Esquire 32-148, Xtra 5039, SMJ-6565, HB6139.

Original Liner, Nat Hentoff

"Oliver Nelson arranged all the numbers"

"[Screamin' the Blues] Nelson begins preaching on the tenor"
"[Screamin' the Blues] Eric Dolphy rawly passionate sound on the bass clarinet"

"[The Meetin'] Nelson on tenor"
"[Alto-itis] both altos"

RVG remaster liner, Joe Goldberg

Nothing specific to credits.