Oliver Nelson: The Blues And The Abstract Truth Mastercut Edition #001 – #010

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The Blues And The Abstract Truth, recorded in February 1961, remains Nelson’s most acclaimed album featuring an incredible lineup of legendary musicians: Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes. And also baritone saxophonist George Barrow who does not take solos but remains a key feature in the subtle voicings of Nelson’s arrangements.

Among the great songs on this album, “Stolen Moments” is the best known and has become a true Jazz classic: a 16-bar piece with solos in a conventional 12-bar blues structure in C-minor. 
 
MUSICIANS

• Alto and Tenor Saxophone: Oliver Nelson
• Alto Saxophone and Flute: Eric Dolphy
• Trumpet: Freddie Hubbard
• Baritone Saxophone: George Barrow
• Bass: Paul Chambers
• Piano: Bill Evans
• Drums: Roy Haynes

SIDE A

1. Stolen Moments
2. Hoe-Down
3. Cascades

SIDE B 

1. Yearnin’
2. Butch And Butch
3. Teenie’s Blues

RECORDED TO TAPE

• Date of Recording: February 23, 1961
• Location: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
• Original Tape Number: B0033428-01
• Recording Producer: Creed Taylor
• Session Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

BOOKLET CONTENT LIST

• A Risograph copy of the technical sound check protocol
• A Cyanotype of Oliver Nelson after a photograph by Pete Turner
• Polaroid of microscopic view of the real groove from side B, track 1: “Yearnin´”
• A Risograph after an original photo of the Supersense Living Room studio. Photographer: Ákos Burg, 2021
• “How to caress” by Florian “Doc” Kaps. An info sheet about the Supersense master records and how to care for them
• “Project Mastercut” by Florian “Doc” Kaps. An introduction to the Mastercut Editions
• Cutting engineer notes, Supersense, Vienna 2023

About the Mastercut

In the conventional record production process, the term “Mastercut” refers to a template disc from which the pressing stamper is derived and which is destroyed in that process. But in our editions, each and every record is the original Mastercut, cut directly into a lacquer disc. Making this premium-quality component of record production widely available for the first time!

Our Mastercut Records are cut directly from completely unedited 1:1 copies of carefully selected original tapes of carefully selected sound recordings.