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Louis Bellson at The Flamingo

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Released
  
1958

Venue
  
Flamingo Las Vegas

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 11, 1957

Artist
  
Louie Bellson

Label
  
Verve Records

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Louis Bellson at The Flamingo is a live album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in Las Vegas in 1957 for the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated

  1. "Flamingo Blues" - 6:34
  2. "Driftwood" - 3:37
  3. "Opus 7-11" - 9:54
  4. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 8:16
  5. "Medley: Love Is Here to Stay/Flamingo/Makin' Whoopee" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson/Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 4:47
  6. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 6:55

Personnel

  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • Harry Edison - trumpet
  • Don Abney - piano
  • Truck Parham - bass
  • References

    Louis Bellson at The Flamingo Wikipedia