The Sound of Feeling

The Sound of Feeling
Studio album by Oliver Nelson
Released	1968
Recorded	November 3 & 4, 1966 and December 11, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ and Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:23
Label	Verve V/V6 8743
Producer	Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye
Oliver Nelson chronology
Encyclopedia of Jazz (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966-67) The Spirit of '67 (1967)

The Sound of Feeling (full title Leonard Feather Presents The Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson) is a big band jazz album featuring two separate groups arranged by Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1966 and released on the Verve label.^[1][2] The split album features five tracks by the group The Sound of Feeling, composed of identical twin vocalists Alyce and Rhae Andrece and pianist Gary David with Oliver Nelson, and four tracks by the Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars conducted by Nelson which were recorded to accompany Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:24
2. "Waltz Without Words" (Gary David) - 4:09
3. "Who Knows What Love Is?" (David) - 4:25
4. "Phrases" (Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece) - 3:40
5. "Circe Revisited" (David, Bob Fylling) - 5:56
6. "Ricardo's Dilemma" (Roy Ayers) - 2:33
7. "Patterns for Orchestra" (Oliver Nelson) - 3:07
8. "The Sidewalks of New York" ( Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake) - 6:27
9. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 2:26

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 3, 1966 (track 6) and November 4 (tracks 7-9), 1966 and in Los Angeles, CA on December 11, 1967 (tracks 1-5).

Personnel

• Oliver Nelson - soprano saxophone, arranger, conductor (tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
• Nat Adderley (tracks 7-9), Burt Collins (track 6), Joe Newman (tracks 6-9), Ernie Royal (tracks 6-9), Clark Terry (tracks 6-9), Joe Wilder (tracks 6-9), Snooky Young (tracks 6-9) - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson - trombone (tracks 6-9)
• Tony Studd - bass trombone (tracks 6-9)
• Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 6-9)
• Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 6-9)
• Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone (tracks 6-9)
• Danny Bank - baritone saxophone (tracks 6-9)
• Gary David - piano, marxophone, vocals (tracks 1-5)
• Al Dailey (track 6), Hank Jones (tracks 7-9) - piano
• Eric Gale - guitar (tracks 6-9)
• Ron Carter (tracks 6-9), Chuck Domanico (tracks 1-5), Ray Neapolitan (tracks 1-5) - bass
• Dick Wilson (tracks 1-5), Grady Tate (tracks 6-9) - drum kit
• Phil Kraus (track 6), Bobby Rosengarden (tracks 7-9) - percussion
• Alyce Andrece, Ray Andrece - vocals (tracks 1-5)

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