Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era. The centerpiece of the album is the definitive version of Nelson's composition, "Stolen Moments". Other important recordings from the 1960s are the albums More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964) and Sound Pieces (1966), both also on Impulse!.
4 June 1932
Born on the same birth date (4 June 1932): John Drew Barrymore • Maurice Shadbolt
Born on the same birth day (4 June): Abel Kirui • Alexis Lapointe • Arturo Rawson • Dave Pybus • Ferenc Gyurcsány • Freddy Fender • Jim Lachey • John Hockenberry • Joyce Sidman • Mark B. Cohen • Michael Greyeyes • Oddvar Reiakvam • Olha Saladukha • Rob Huebel • Romaric (footballer) • Shane Kimbrough • Svetlana Jitomirskaya • Zenon Jaskuła
Born in the same month (June 1932): Anna Moffo • Athol Fugard • Dave Gold • Don Valentine • Dudley R. Herschbach • Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood • Lalo Schifrin • Mamo Wolde • Marguerite Pindling • Mario Cuomo • Pat Morita • Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton • Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary • Yevgeny Kychanov