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The Brilliant Bellson Sound

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Released
  
1960

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Louie Bellson

Label
  
Verve Records

Recorded
  
July 20 and August 10, 1959 aLos Angeles, CA

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The Brilliant Bellson Sound is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated

  1. "Drum Foolery" - 5:28
  2. "It's Music Time" - 2:14
  3. "Blast Off" (Aaron Sachs) - 2:17
  4. "Don't Be That Way" (Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish, Benny Goodman) - 2:31
  5. "The Hawk Talks" - 2:33
  6. "Summer Night" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:09
  7. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 2:53
  8. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:30
  9. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 3:03
  10. "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 2:32
  11. "So Long Blues" - 5:19

Personnel

  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • John Audino, Guido Basso, Ralph Clark, Fred Thompson - trumpet
  • Nick Di Maio, Earl Swope - trombone
  • Juan Tizol - valve trombone
  • Joseph De Angelis - French horn
  • Herb Geller, Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone
  • George Nicholas - tenor saxophone
  • Aaron Sachs - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • George Perry - baritone saxophone
  • Lawrence Lucie, Tony Rizzi - guitar
  • Ed Diamond - piano
  • Truck Parham - bass
  • Jack Arnold - boobam
  • Jack Arnold (track 10), Louis Bellson (track 11), Ed Diamond (track 8), Bob Florence (tracks 5-7), Marty Paich (track 1), Aaron Sachs (track 3), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 2, 4 & 9) - arranger

    • References

    The Brilliant Bellson Sound Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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