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Released
  
1958

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Hallmark Records

Recorded
  
February 12, 1956, May 30, 1956 and January 26, 1958New York City

Drummer's Holiday(1956-58)
  
The Brilliant Bellson Sound(1959)

Artist
  
Louis Bellson and His Orchestra

Drummer's Holiday is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1957 for the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Blues for Keeps" - 6:52
  2. "For Louis's Kicks" - 3:21
  3. "T-Bones" - 3:14
  4. "I'm Shooting High" (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) - 2:45
  5. "How Many Times?" - 3:00
  6. "Portofino"
  7. "Drummer's Holiday"
  8. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber)
  • Recorded in New York City on February 12, 1956 (track 1), May 30, 1956 (tracks 2 & 3) and January 26, 1958 (tracks 4-8)

    • Personnel

  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • Charlie Shavers - trumpet
  • Eddie Bert (track 1), Vincent Forchetti (tracks 2 & 3) - trombone
  • Red Press (tracks 2 & 3), Ernie Wilkins (track 1) - alto saxophone
  • Eddie Wasserman - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-8)
  • Ted Lee - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3)
  • Hank Jones (tracks 4-8), Nat Pierce (track 1), Lou Stein (tracks 2 & 3) - piano
  • Ray Brown (tracks 1 & 4-8), George Duvivier (tracks 2 & 3) - bass

    • Songs

    1Blues For Keeps6:52
    2For Louie's Kicks3:22
    3T-Bones3:16

    References

    Drummer's Holiday Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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