Oliver Nelson
Day 1
#31 – Oliver Edward Nelson (1932–1975). American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer. Albums include: The Blues & the Abstract Truth (1961) with the classic ‘Stolen Moments’, Full Nelson (1962) and Fantabulous (1964).
“First time that I had heard really modern music... I realised everything didn’t have to sound like Beethoven or Brahms... It was then that I decided to become a composer”. I came across this quote about what inspired Oliver Nelson after he travelled to Japan and went to a concert by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. This became my inspiration. Starting to work with the red circle/white background flag of Japan and an ‘O’ for Oliver, I realised the connection with a record. A red record seemed to combine all these different messages.
2 hours
An early test…
Listen...
to ‘Stolen Moments’ from The Blues & the Abstract Truth (1961)