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

  1. "My [Favorite Things |My Favorite Things]" – 3:24
  2. "Waltz Without Words" – 4:09
  3. "Who Knows What Love Is?" – 4:25
  4. "Phrases" – 3:40
  5. "Circe Revisited" – 5:56
  6. "Ricardo's Dilemma" – 2:33
  7. "Twelve Tone Blues" – 3:07
  8. "The Sidewalks of New York" – 6:27
  9. "Greensleeves" – 2:26

The Sound of Feeling (tracks 1–5)