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Released
  
1955

The Driving Louis Bellson (1955)
  
Drumorama! (1957)

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Norgran MGN 1020

Artist
  
Louie Bellson

Producer
  
Norman Granz

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Recorded
  
February 2, 1955 New York City

Similar
  
Louie Bellson albums, Jazz albums

The Driving Louis Bellson (also released as The Hawk Talks) is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1955 for the Norgran label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated

  1. "Basie" - 6:18
  2. "Charlie O" - 4:47
  3. "All Right" (Benny Goodman) - 5:14
  4. "The Hawk Talks" - 3:52
  5. "Festivale" - 4:08
  6. "Greetings" - 5:10
  7. "Mambo a la Louis Bellson" (Ralph Martin, Mike Alexander) - 3:59

Personnel

  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • Charlie Shavers - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6)
  • Nate Brown - flute (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
  • Sid Brown - bass clarinet (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
  • Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 6)
  • Lou Stein - piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Sabu Martinez - congas, bongos (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
  • Alexander Delannay, Cyril Jackson, Joe Comadore - congas (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
  • Mike Alexander, Rod Clavery, Alfonso Marshall - congas, steel drums (tracks 4, 5 & 7)

    • References

    The Driving Louis Bellson Wikipedia
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