featured such guest performers as Phil Woods, Mel Lewis, Thad Jones, Sir Roland Hanna, and Ron Carter. Among the student participants at the Washington University Summer Jazz Institute were saxophonists Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, and Hamiet Bluiett, who later co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray. Nelson's book of jazz practice exercises, Patterns for Improvisation, was published in 1966 and remains highly regarded to this day. Nelson died of a heart attack on October 28, 1975, at the age of 43. It is widely believed that Nelson's commitment to his work resulted in lengthy periods of stress which contributed to his premature death. Discography References External links [ Oliver Nelson] – AllMusic biography by Scott Yanow Oliver Nelson – brief introduction from the Jazz Files Oliver Nelson – introduction from Impulse! Records Oliver Nelson: A Discography – Douglas Payne's site, including discographies of Nelson's work in different genres, reviews, etc. Oliver Nelson Published Big Band Arrangements and Compositions 1932 births 1975 deaths Musicians from St. Louis African-American jazz composers African-American jazz musicians American jazz clarinetists American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American music arrangers Big band bandleaders Hard bop saxophonists Mainstream jazz saxophonists Post-bop saxophonists Soul-jazz saxophonists Washington University in St. Louis alumni Prestige Records artists RCA Records artists Verve Records artists Impulse! Records artists Inner City Records artists Flying Dutchman Records artists United States Marines Jazz arrangers 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century American composers Jazz musicians from Missouri American male jazz composers American jazz composers 20th-century American male musicians Argo Records artists