The Brilliant Bellson Sound is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2100 series accessed December 16, 2015The Verve Sessions of Louis Bellson: 1959, accessed December 16, 2015Payne, D., Oliver Nelson discography, accessed December 16, 2015Cohen, N., Herb Geller discography , accessed December 16, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated "Drum Foolery" - 5:28 "It's Music Time" - 2:14 "Blast Off" (Aaron Sachs) - 2:17 "Don't Be That Way" (Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish, Benny Goodman) - 2:31 "The Hawk Talks" - 2:33 "Summer Night" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:09 "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 2:53 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:30 "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 3:03 "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 2:32 "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
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