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ROCK • A • RAMA

OLIVER NELSON WITH ERIC DOLPHY Straight Ahead (New Jazz) A reissue of an early '60s date with Dolphy wreaking meaningful havoc on Nelson's bluesy structures while Nelson himself improvises in a conceptually confident manner—though it's the different effects that the bluesy ranconteur and the free-associating speed-rapper have on each other which keep the record interesting (My Dinner With Eric?).

September 1, 1984
Richard Riegel

ROCK-A-RAMA

This month's Rock-A-Ramas were written by Richard Riegel, Billy Altman, Richard C. Walls, Jon Young and Mitchell Cohen.

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