The Brilliant Bellson Sound

The Brilliant Bellson Sound
Studio album by Louis Bellson His Drums and Orchestra
Released	1960
Recorded	July 20 and August 10, 1959 a Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve MGV 2123/MGVS 6093
Louis Bellson chronology
Drummer's Holiday (1958) The Brilliant Bellson Sound (1960) Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne (1960)

The Brilliant Bellson Sound is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1959 for the Verve label. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
DownBeat	[6]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. ^[5]

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

1. Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2100 series accessed December 16, 2015
2. The Verve Sessions of Louis Bellson: 1959, accessed December 16, 2015
3. Payne, D., Oliver Nelson discography, accessed December 16, 2015
4. Cohen, N., Herb Geller discography Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , accessed December 16, 2015
5. The Brilliant Bellson Sound at AllMusic . Retrieved December 16, 2015.
6. DeMichael, Don (February 4, 1960). "Louis Bellson: The Brilliant Bellson Sound". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 25.