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Oliver Nelson
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American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Works
- 17
Top works
- The rise of the Princeton theology
- A listing of church occupations
- Possibly the ministry?
- Listing of church vocations
- Women's church vocations
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Film & TV
Known for
- The First Mass1961
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-04-29
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 402,546
- Total plays
- 2,295,153
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Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. Nelson was born on 4th June 1932 in St Louis, Missouri. His family was musical: his brother was a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six, and started on the saxophone at eleven. From 1947 he played in territory bands around St Louis <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Nelson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- soprano saxophone
- Record label
- Impulse!
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1932-06-04
- date of death
- 1975-10-28
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Oliver Edward Nelson
- name in native language
- Oliver E. Nelson
- Commons category
- Oliver Nelson
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (1)
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