NELSON, OLIVER EDWARD

NELSON, OLIVER EDWARD. Composer (4 June 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri; 27 October 1975 in Los Angeles, California). He came from a musical family; a brother and a sister became professional musicians. He began piano study at the age of six and saxophone at eleven. His early professional experiences were in St. Louis with the [James] Jeter/[Hayes] Pillars band, George Hudson, Nat Towles, and Louis Jordan (1950-51). During his service in the United States Armed Forces (1952-54)...