Results for "Stolen Moments"

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Stolen Moments

Featuring the music of Lee Ritenour
Duration: 7:20
September 13, 2026

Can any song put you in a melancholy mood better than “Stolen Moments,” composed by Oliver Nelson with its major release in 1961? Well, there’s a case to be made for another version of the song to be considered the smokiest and most swinging -- it’s the all-star group featuring Lee Ritenour (guitar), Ernie Watts (tenor sax), Alan Broadbent (piano), plus Harvey Mason (drums) and Brian Bromberg (bass). This 1990 live version is a master class on how to play with elastic time and how to build a solo from the ground up. In particular, Broadbent opens with a melange of extended harmonies; Ritenour follows with his best impression of Wes Montgomery’s octave double-stops, and finally Watts provides the coup de grace with a burning, emotional solo. By the way, the New York Voices version on Youtube is really good, too. What’s your favorite "Stolen Moments?"

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John Vanore: Stolen Moments

by Angelo Leonardi
August 31, 2018

Oliver Nelson incise il magistrale The Blues and the Abstract Truth in una sola session nel febbraio 1961 con sette strumentisti lui compreso. Aveva 29 anni e guidava una formazione strepitosa con Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, George Barrow in front line e una ritmica comprendente Bill Evans, Paul Chambers e Roy Haynes. Quei nomi e la ...

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Stolen Moments

By John Vanore

Label: acoustical concepts
Released: 2017
Track listing: Self Help Is Needed; A Taste of Honey; Stolen Moments; El Gato; St. Louis Blues; Blues & the Abstract Truth; Greensleeves; I Hope in Time a Change Will Come; Reuben’s Rondo.

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Blues and the Abstract Truth

November 12, 2017

Album: Stolen Moments
By John Vanore
Label: acoustical concepts
Released: 2017
Duration: 5:20

Article: Album Review

John Vanore: Stolen Moments

by Jerome Wilson
September 7, 2017

For the majority of jazz fans, the entire career of Oliver Nelson is summed up in one composition, “Stolen Moments" which makes as much sense as Duke Ellington being known for nothing except “Mood Indigo." Though he died at the very premature age of 43, Nelson built a substantial body of work in the jazz and ...

Song of the Day

Stolen Moments

August 26, 2017

Album: Stolen Moments
By John Vanore
Label: acoustical concepts
Released: 2017
Duration: 8:02

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John Vanore: Stolen Moments

by Jack Bowers
August 17, 2017

Although Oliver Nelson wasn't with us very long--he died in October 1975, age forty-three--the renowned composer / arranger / saxophonist bequeathed an impressive musical legacy and touched many lives along the way. Among his many admirers is trumpeter John Vanore who first met Nelson in 1966 at an Indiana University summer camp, a meeting, Vanore writes, ...

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Stolen Moments

By Piers Lawrence

Label: JazzNet Media
Released: 2010

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Piers Lawrence Quartet: Stolen Moments

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 22, 2009

Troppo spesso, quando ci si avvicina ad un disco chitarristico ci si ritrova ad ascoltare virtuosismi, passaggi veloci e - se si tratta di un disco mainstream - la rievocazione di una tradizione che fa capo a chitarristi come Barney Kessel o Tal Farlow. Diciamo subito che per Piers Lawrence è vero l'opposto: un chitarrista dal ...

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Stolen Moments

By Piers Lawrence

Label: Jazznet.com
Released: 2008
Track listing: Pent-Up House; Samba Christina; Stolen Moments; Everytime; Donna Lee; Dimanche; Secret Love; Reza.