Soul Battle

Soul Battle
Studio album by Oliver Nelson, King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest
Released	May 1962 (1962-05)[1]
Recorded	September 9, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz blues
Length	37:56
Label	Prestige PRLP 7223
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Oliver Nelson chronology
Nocturne (1961) Soul Battle (1962) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
King Curtis chronology
Soul Meeting (1960) Soul Battle (1962) Arthur Murray's Music for Dancing: The Twist! (1961)

Soul Battle is an album by American saxophonists Oliver Nelson, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest.^[2] Recorded in 1960 and originally released by the Prestige label in 1962, it was reissued on CD in 1991, featuring one additional track.

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Track listing[]

1. "Blues at the Five Spot" - 5:43 (Nelson)
2. "Blues for M.F. (Mort Fega)" - 9:37 (Nelson)
3. "Anacruses" - 5:43 (Nelson)
4. "Perdido" - 9:22 (Juan Tizol)
5. "In Passing" - 7:31 (Nelson)
6. "Soul Street" - 9:07 (Jimmy Forrest) Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel[]

• Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Gene Casey - piano
• George Duvivier - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

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