ROCK • A • RAMA

OLIVER NELSON WITH ERIC DOLPHY Straight Ahead (New Jazz) A reissue of an early '60s date with Dolphy wreaking meaningful havoc on Nelson's bluesy structures while Nelson himself improvises in a conceptually confident manner—though it's the different effects that the bluesy ranconteur and the free-associating speed-rapper have on each other which keep the record interesting (My Dinner With Eric?).