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.Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed December 15, 2015
Reception AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.AllMusic listing, access-date December 15, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Louis Bellson, except as indicated. "Basie" - 6:18 "Charlie O" - 4:47 "All Right" (Benny Goodman) - 5:14 "The Hawk Talks" - 3:52 "Festivale" - 4:08 "Greetings" - 5:10 "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)
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