Lloyd G. Mayers w/Oliver Nelson - A Taste of Honey

Lloyd G. Mayers with the Oliver Nelson Orchestra - A Taste of Honey (And A Few More Sweet Ones) - United Artists - UAJ 14018 - Original Pressing, Mono

Lloyd G. Mayers - Organ
Clark Terry - Trumpet
Bernie Glow
Doc Severinson
Snooky Young
Urbie Green - Trombone
Paul Faulise
Britt Woodman
Tommy Mitchell
Don Butterfield - Tuba
Barry Galbraith - Guitar
George Duvivier - Bass
Ed Shaughnessy - Drums
Ray Barretto - Bongo

Arranged & Conducted by Oliver Nelson

Recorded - [dates unknown, c. 1962. NYC?]

Produced by Alan Douglas
Sound - Bill Schwartau
Design - Frank Gauna

Released - October 6, 1962

Here's another nice Soul Jazz rarity with the obscure Lloyd G. Mayers - but with fantastic arrangements and orchestral flourishes by the great Oliver Nelson! The title cut is genius.

This side is another one of those early 60s organ/big band recordings - very popular at the time as a more slick and commercial entry into Soul Jazz - but it's done oh so well. These sides are really the bread n butter for fans of this underappreciated and underrated genre... Nelson would later perfect the organ-orchestra formula with Shirley Scott for her sides on Impulse - 1963-64's For Members Only and Great Scott!