1955 studio album by Louis Bellson Quintet
Louis Bellson Quintet (also released as Concerto for Drums by Louis Bellson ) is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1954 for the Norgran label.[ 1]
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
All compositions by Louis Bellson except as indicated
"Concerto for Drums" - 6:03 "Basically Speaking, Duvivier, That is" (George Duvivier) - 4:07 "Love for Sale " (Cole Porter ) - 4:23 "The Man I Love " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) - 5:38 "Charlie's Blues" (Charlie Shavers) - 5:14 "I'll Remember April " (Gene de Paul , Patricia Johnston, Don Raye ) - 3:38 "Buffalo Joe" (Shavers) - 5:34 "Stompin' at the Savoy " (Edgar Sampson , Benny Goodman , Chick Webb , Andy Razaf ) - 8:35
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956) Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Zoot! (1956) Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957) Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959) Down Home (1960) Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964) Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965) Waiting Game (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967) Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974) Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975) Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975) Soprano Sax (1976) Hawthorne Nights (1976) If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977) For Lady Day (1978) Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979) The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979) Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980) Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981) Recordings withAl Cohn From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956) Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957) Al and Zoot (1957) Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959) SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959) Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960) You 'n' Me (1960) Either Way (1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962) Body and Soul (1973) Motoring Along (1974) WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968) Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973) Louis Bellson Quintet (1954) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961) Chris Connor (1956) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960) Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959) South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967) The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956) Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953) The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975) Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966) Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959) Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973) Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966) Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962) Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963) Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952) Phoebe Snow (1974) Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965) Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958) The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)