The Brilliant Bellson Sound

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

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