Skull Session

• Artist: Oliver Nelson
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1975
• Total Time: 39:11
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Hardly up to snuff for the talented and overworked Nelson, who was busy scoring TV shows at the time. "Skull Session" is a fun little dabble in electronic funk. But the rest seems beneath Nelson's abilities, as it takes his signature sounds, adds disco, dumbs down the themes and finishes it off with pedestrian solos from L.A. studio musicians. ~ Douglas Payne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Skull Session	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(6:06)
Reuben's Rondo	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(3:00)
125th St. and 7th Avenue	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(6:24)
One for Duke	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(4:35)
Dumpy Mama	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(4:43)
Baja Bossa	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(7:24)
In a Japanese Garden	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(3:11)
Flight for Freedom	Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson	(4:29)

Credits

Bud Shank (Flute (Alto)), Chauncey Welsch (Trombone), Oscar Brashear (Flugelhorn), Richard Nash (Trombone), Jimmy Gordon (Drums), Bill Perkins (Sax (Tenor)), Dennis Budimir (Guitar (Electric)), Eddie Brackett (Engineer), Lee Ritenour (Guitar), Maurice Spears (Trombone (Bass)), Buddy Collette (Flute (Alto)), Donald Waldrop (Tuba), Bobby Bryant (Trumpet), Vincent DeRosa (French Horn), Bud Shank (Sax (Tenor)), Buddy Collette (Sax (Tenor)), Billy Green (Sax (Tenor)), Dennis Budimir (Guitar), Lee Ritenour (Guitar (Electric)), Mike Wofford (Harpsichord), Jerome Richardson (Flute), Jerome Richardson (Sax (Alto)), Michel Baulot (Original Design Concept), Jerome Richardson (Clarinet), Daniel Baumgarten (Reissue Producer), Bud Shank (Clarinet), Buddy Childers (Trumpet), Bill Green (Sax (Tenor)), Buddy Collette (Flute (Tenor)), Bob Thiele (Producer), Buddy Collette (Clarinet), Lee Ritenour (Guitar (Acoustic)), Lonnie Liston Smith (Piano (Electric)), Daniel Baumgarten (Preparation for Reissue), Bill Perkins (Sax (Baritone)), Mike Wofford (Piano (Electric)), Mike Wofford (Piano), Shelly Manne (Percussion), Nat Hentoff (Liner Notes), Shelly Manne (Drums), Bud Shank (Sax (Alto)), John Kelson, Jr. (Sax (Baritone)), Mike Wofford (Arp), Acy Lehman (Art Direction), Laurindo Almeida (Guitar), Dennis Budimir (Guitar (Acoustic)), Bill Perkins (Clarinet (Bass)), John Kelson, Jr. (Clarinet (Bass)), Jim Gordon (Drums), Willie Bobo (Percussion), Grover Mitchell (Trombone), Oliver Nelson (Sax (Alto)), Oliver Nelson (Conductor), Jean-Pierre Chalbos (Digital Remastering), Chuck Domanico (Bass), Paul Hubinon (Trumpet), Lonnie Liston Smith (Piano), Jerome Richardson (Sax (Soprano)), Bobby Bryant (Flugelhorn), Oscar Brashear (Trumpet), Oliver Nelson (Arranger), Mike Wofford (Synthesizer), Bob Thiele (Original Album Producer)