Main Stem
Studio album by Oliver Nelson with Joe Newman
Released	October 1962[1]
Recorded	August 25, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:50
Label	Prestige PRLP 7236
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Oliver Nelson chronology
Straight Ahead (1961) Main Stem (1962) Afro/American Sketches (1962)

Main Stem is an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson with trumpeter Joe Newman.^[2] It was originally released in 1962 on Prestige Records, and reissued by Prestige on CD in 1992.

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Source	Rating
Down Beat	[3]
Allmusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

All compositions by Oliver Nelson, except where noted

1. "Main Stem" (Duke Ellington) – 6:52
2. "J & B" – 5:51
3. "Ho!" – 4:33
4. "Latino" – 6:12
5. "Tipsy" – 5:19
6. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger) – 7:03

• Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Hank Jones – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Charlie Persip – drums
• Ray Barretto – congas