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Skin Deep (Louis Bellson album)

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Released
  
1955

Release date
  
1955

Label
  
TP4 Music

Artist
  
Louie Bellson

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 1953 and February 1954 Los Angeles, CA and New York City

Skin Deep (1954)
  
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)

Jazz albums
  
The Wailing Buddy Rich, New Jazz Sounds, Buddy and Sweets, Pres and Sweets, Hamp and Getz

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Skin Deep is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1953 and 1954 for the Norgran label. The tracks were first released on the 10 inch LP's The Amazing Artistry of Louis Bellson and The Exciting Mr. Bellson.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Louis Bellson has long been acknowledged as one of the greatest drummers in jazz history and this release combines two separate sessions that are predominately features for his incredible solos".

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated

  1. "Skin Deep" - 7:52
  2. "Claxton Hall Swing" - 2:59
  3. "Phalanges" (Clark Terry, Louis Bellson) - 3:18
  4. "For Europeans Only" (Tadd Dameron, Don Redman) - 3:03
  5. "Copasetic" (Ralph Martin, Don Elliott) - 4:56
  6. "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:16
  7. "Percussionistically Speaking" - 7:58
  8. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 2:55
  9. "Loris" (Joe Puma) - 3:57
  10. "A Pearl for Louie" (Ralph Martin) - 3:54
  • Recorded in Los Angeles CA in July 1953 (tracks 1-4) and New York City in February 1954 (tracks 5-10)

    • Personnel

  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn - trumpet (tracks 1-4)
  • Don Elliott - trumpet, mellophone, vibraphone, bongos (tracks 5-10)
  • Hoyt Bohannon, Herb Harper, Tommy Pederson - trombone (tracks 1-4)
  • Benny Carter, Willie Smith – alto saxophone (tracks 1-4)
  • Wardell Gray, Bumps Myers – tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4)
  • Bob Lawson - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-4)
  • Ralph Martin (tracks 5-10), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 1-4) - piano
  • Barney Kessel (tracks 1-4), Joe Puma (tracks 5-10) - guitar
  • Bob Peterson (tracks 5-10), John Simmons (tracks 1-4) – bass

    • Songs

    1Skin Deep8:00
    2Claxton Hall Swing3:05
    3Phalanges3:23

    References

    Skin Deep (Louis Bellson album) Wikipedia
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