OLIVER NELSON The Blues & The Abstract Truth (70s Japanese issue of the 1961 6-track stereo LP on the green ABC Impulse 'target' label, with the title later echoed by Leon Thomas in his Blues & The Soulful Truth mini-masterpiece. Blues & TheAbstract Truth captures Nelson at his most contemporary alongside Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, George Barrow, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers & Roy Haynes, & was clearly an influence on future modernists such as Thomas. Both the gatefold sleeve & vinyl are near mint, complete with Japanese insert & picture obi YP-8501-AI)