Main Stem (album)

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Main Stem
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1962[1]
RecordedAugust 25, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:50
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7236
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Oliver Nelson chronology
Straight Ahead
(1961)
Main Stem
(1962)
Afro/American Sketches
(1962)

Main Stem is an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson with trumpeter Joe Newman.[2] It was originally released in 1962 on Prestige Records, and reissued on CD in 1992.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[3]
Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Oliver Nelson, except where noted

  1. "Main Stem" (Duke Ellington) - 6:52
  2. "J & B" - 5:51
  3. "Ho!" - 4:33
  4. "Latino" - 6:12
  5. "Tipsy" - 5:19
  6. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger)- 7:03

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Billboard Oct 20, 1962
  2. ^ Main Stem at Jazzdisco.org
  3. ^ Down Beat: October 25, 1962 vol. 29, no. 27
  4. ^ Main Stem at AllMusic
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1071. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.