OLIVER NELSON - Skull Session (2023 Repress w/ Obi Strip) - LP - Deluxe Gatefold 180g Gold Vinyl

LP - Limited Deluxe Edition 180g Gold Vinyl. Housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with Liner Notes and Obi Strip.

Skull Session is a legendary album that carries the sound and hallmark of Nelson in the 1960s. It immerses the listener in jazz-funk and adds disco, groovy soul, Bossa nova and electronic funk to the mix. Oliver Nelson has successfully included electronic instruments (like the Moog & ARP) and the incorporation of the rhythms often associated with them … all without detracting from the high quality recordings he has become known for. Each piece is an original composition with a strong melodic line and imaginative arrangement… all living up to Oliver Nelson’s formidable reputation as an arranger and composer. A sound testament in every sense of the word. A nugget for all Bop fans.

Here on this album, Oliver Nelson plays with a Huge all-star line-up consisting of Jerome Richardson (Miles Davis-Alice Coltrane), Bud Shank (Ravi Shankar-Astrud Gilberto), Bill Perkins (Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker), Chuck Domanico (Prince-Mary J. Blige), Maurice Spears (Herbie Hancock- Betty Davis), Buddy Collette (Charles Mingus-Chet Baker), Shelly Manne (Ornette Coleman), Bobby Bryant (Lalo Schifrin-Dennis Coffey), Oscar Brashear (Count Basie-Marvin Gaye), David Duke (Ella Fitzgerald- Lionel Richie), Vincent DeRosa (Jim Sullivan-Pharoah Sanders) and on the keyboards Mr. Cosmic funk himself: Lonnie Liston Smith!

• Cosmic Jazz-Funk Classic from 1975
• All-Star Line-up (featuring Lonnie Liston Smith)
• Comes packaged in Gatefold jacket with liner notes
• Deluxe 180g Gold Vinyl edition

Tracklist:

Side A
01. Skull Session
02. Reuben’s Rondo
03. 125th St. And 7th Ave
04. One For Duke

Side B
01. Dumpy Mama
02. Baja Bossa
03. In A Japanese Garden
04. Flight For Freedom