'''Don Nelson''' began his career quite young, first playing in his elder brother [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/338b3e87-f81b-4e8d-a047-efa0b738361c.html|Ozzie's] band at 16. He eventually played with ''Pete Daily's Chicagoans'' and a number of other local Los Angeles bands. He released his first album for [http://musicbrainz.org/label/6ae58905-bdce-4651-a6e4-7d60d7aaa51e.html|Mode Records] (''The Wind''), accompanied by [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/a80d07d1-3eb5-4fd8-acc9-ba097a6025d5.html|Jimmy Rowles] and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/0658fb5f-a27e-4dd7-8dd3-12b46b6c807d.html|Leroy Vinnegar], and another album ''Sittin' In'' (''Too Cool TC-1085'') in 1986. '''Don''' was also a succesfull composer, screenwriter and film producer. His nephew ''Rick'' is also famous in the music word.