The Sound of Feeling
The Sound of Feeling is a jazz album featuring two separate groups featuring Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1966 and released on the Verve label. The split album begins with five tracks by the Los Angeles based group The Sound of Feeling, featuring identical twin vocalists Alyce and Rhae Andrece and pianist Gary David with the addition of soloist Nelson. Four tracks are by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars, a big band drawn from the ranks of top New York studio musicians, arranged and conducted by Nelson which were recorded to accompany Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties.
Reception
In the November 28, 1968 issue, the long-lived and much respected jazz publication Down Beat magazine awarded the album four and a half stars.The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars.
Track listing
- "My [Favorite Things |My Favorite Things]" – 3:24
- "Waltz Without Words" – 4:09
- "Who Knows What Love Is?" – 4:25
- "Phrases" – 3:40
- "Circe Revisited" – 5:56
- "Ricardo's Dilemma" – 2:33
- "Twelve Tone Blues" – 3:07
- "The Sidewalks of New York" – 6:27
- "Greensleeves" – 2:26
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 3, 1966 and November 4, 1966 and in Los Angeles, CA on December 11, 1967.
Personnel
The Sound of Feeling (tracks 1–5)
- Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone
- Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
- Gary David – composer, arranger, vocals, piano, marxophone
- Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
- Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6–9)
- Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
- Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Nat Adderley – cornet
- Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
- Tony Studd – bass trombone
- Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
- Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
- Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
- Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
- Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
- Eric Gale – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion