Live from Los Angeles

Live from Los Angeles is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 1968 wrote that: The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2 stars stating:

Track listing

1. "Miss Fine" – 4:13
2. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 8:32
3. "I Remember Bird" (Leonard Feather) – 5:40
4. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins, Oscar Washington) – 4:49
5. "Guitar Blues" – 4:21
6. "Down by the Riverside" – 8:49
7. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) – 2:13

Personnel

• Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arranger, conductor
• Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, Freddy Hill, Conte Candoli – trumpet
• Billy Byers, Pete Myers, Lou Blackburn, Ernie Tack – trombone
• Frank Strozier, Gabe Baltazar – alto saxophone
• Tom Scott, Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone
• Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
• Frank Strazzeri – piano
• Mel Brown – guitar (tracks 4 & 5)
• Monty Budwig – bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums

References