Berne baby berne!, the intimacy of the blues, to C.P. with love, summer love, who brings you the good news?, your wake up call, conte, with bells on, quiet riot, the admiral, Ike Mike and Spike
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Conte Candoli, Carl Saunders, Frank Szabo; Walt Johnson (trumpet), George Bohanon, Jimmy Zito; Dave Ryan, Andy Martin (tb), Sal Lozano, Ray Reed, Pete Christlieb, Jack Nimitz (sax), Mike Lang (piano), Chuck Berghofer (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
Caxton hall swing, for europeans only, phalanges, skin deep, fascinatin' rhythm, copasetic, percussionistically speaking, all god's chillun got rhythm, Loris
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Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Herb Harper, Tommy Pederson (tb), Benny Carter, Willie Smith (alto sax), Wardell Gray, Bumps Myers (tenor sax), Bob Lawson (bs), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), John Simmons (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
Charlie's blues, i'll remember April, buffalo Joe, stompin' at the Savoy, love for sale, the man i love, basically speaking, concerto for drums
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Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Don Abney (piano), George Duvivier (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
CD Album
VERVE 8016
ROMANCE AND ESPECIALLY LOVE (24-07-1954) by louie bellson
Songs
Feather's nest, ting-a-ling, the best days, hammer's hang up, music romance and especially love, delightfully yours
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Harry edison (trumpet), Juan Tizol (tb), Willie Smith (alto sax), Buddy Collette (fl) (tenor sax), Bob Poland (bs), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
Lonesome, mirror on the water, out of this world, javille, be my pretty flower, love me forever, dancing on a moonbeam, can't this be true?, don't be afraid to love me, unforgettable
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Juan Tizol (tb), George Poole (fl), Willie Smith (alto sax), Ernie Hughes (piano), Louie Bellson (drum) + others +strings, Buddy Baker (arr)
Greetings, Charlie-O, Basie, all right, festivale, mamboa la Louie Bellson, the hawk talks
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Charlie Shavers (trumpet) or Nate Brown (fl), Seldon Powell (tenor sax) or Sid Brown (bcl), Lou Stein (piano), Wendell Marshall (bass), Louie Bellson (drum) +perc
Blues for Keeps, for Louis's kicks, T-bones, i'm shooting, how many times, Portofino, drummer's holiday, limehouse blues
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Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Eddie Bert or Vincent Forchetti (tb), Ernie Wilkins or Red Press (alto sax), Eddie Wasserman (tenor sax), Ted Lee (bs), Nat Pierce or Lou Stein (piano), Ray Brown or George Duvivier (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
Seedless grape fruit, flying hickory,,that's Bell's son, park avenue patter, smiling king, strip out Sam, drum solo, Jack's up, go ahead, swing this, let's call it swing
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Charlie Shavers or Doc Severinsen (trumpet), Vincent Forchetti or Sonny Russo (tb), Red Press (alto sax), Eddie Wasserman (tenor sax), Ted Lee or Ernie Wilkins (bs), Lou Stein or Irving Josephe (piano), George Duvivier (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
The hawk talks, don't be that way, blast off, drum foolery, it's music time, satin doll, summer night, it don't mean a thing, speak low, lucky star, so long blues
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G. Bassio, J. Audino, R. Clark, F. Thompson (trumpet), Juan Tizol, N. DiMaio, E. Swope (tb), Joe DeAngeli (flh), Herb Geller, Oliver Nelson (alto sax), G. Nicholas, Aaron Sachs, G. Perry (reeds), Ed Diamond (piano)L. Lucie (guitar), Ch. Parham (bass), Louie Bellson (drum)
Just in time, sunday, as long as there is music, i've heard that song before, i'll walk alone, everything's coming up roses, the things we did last summer, let it snow!, time after time, three coins in the foutain, bye bye baby, my little yellow dress
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Don Fagerquist, F. Beach, Bob Fowler, M. Moore (trumpet), Juan Tizol, Dick Noel, Nick DiMaio, G. Roberts (tb), Mahlon Clark, Bill Green (alto sax), Buddy Collette (fl) (tenor sax), Chuck Gentry (bs), Jeff Clarkson (piano), Tony Rizzi (guitar), Joe Mondragon (guitar), Louie Bellson (drum)
CD Album
VERVE 2131
THE LOUIE BELLSON EXPLOSION (21-05-1975) by louie bellson
Songs
Intimacy of the blues, quiet riots, Carnaby street, beyond category, chameleon, open your windows, movin' on, groove blues, la bande grande
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Blue Mitchell, Snooky Young, Bobby Shew, Cat Anderson (trumpet), Nick DiMaio, Gil Falco, Ernie Tack, Mayo Tiana (tb), Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, Dick Spencer, Bill Byrne (sax), Nat Pierce (piano), John Williams (bass), Louie Bellson (drum) +others
Mid eastern spango, night birds, right outing, Niles blues, numero uno, sunshine swing, feels so good, the hawk talks
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Cat Anderson, Bobby Shew, Conte Candoli (trumpet), Bob Payne, Alan Kaplan, Dana Hughes (tb), Dick Spencer (alto sax), Ted Nash, Don Menza, Pete Christlieb (tenor sax) (fl), Ross Tompkins (piano), Grant Geissman (guitar), Joel Bartolo (elb), Louie Bellson (drum) +others
The red door, chromatic cry, maybe september, stars in my eyes, bankin' on bank, midnight memories, stand-up comic, the peacocks, this is new, soon, Isfahan
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herb geller (alto sax) ( voc), tom ranier or jimmy rowles (piano), john leitham (bass), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
MODE 203 - Réédition : VSOP 89
IN THE MOOD FOR SWING (09-11-1987) by benny carter
Songs
I'm in the mood for swing, another time another place, courtship, rock me to sleep, Janel, romp, summer serenade, not so blue, you only you, blue moonlight, south side samba
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dizzy gillespie (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), roland hanna (piano), george mraz (bass), louie bellson (drum)
It's a wonderful world, people, ain't misbehavin', jitterbug waltz, pennies for heaven, i get along without you very well, sweet Georgia Brown, falling in love with love, hogtown blues, Emily, satin doll, i got it bad and that ain't good, lush life, ...
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osacr peterson (piano), john heard (bass), louie bellson (drum)
I'm walkin, all or nothing at all, i never had a chance, i cried over you, what will i tell my heart, since i fell for you, and the angels sing, i'm confessin' that i love you, mack the knife, that's my desire, i'm in the mood for love
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ella fitzgerald (vcl), jackie davis (org), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
PABLO 2310-825
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? (25-04-1978) by sarah vaughan
Songs
I've got the world on a string, midnight sun, how long has this been going on?, you're blasé, easy living, more than you know, my old flame, teach me tonight, body and soul, when your lover has gon
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sarah vaughan (vcl), oscar peterson (piano), joe pass (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Mama don't wear no drawers, doggin' around, Kansas city line, jjjjump
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clark terry (trumpet), al grey (tb), benny carter (alto sax), eddie davis (tenor sax), count basie (piano), joe pass (guitar), john heard (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Sandman, if i could be with you one hour tonight, draw, on the sunny side of the street, the one i love belongs to somebody else, blues for eric, i surrendar dear, racehorse
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count basie (piano), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
PABLO 2310-878 - Réédition : OJC 600
JAM SESSION AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975 (19-07-1975) by count basie
Songs
Billie's bounce, festival blues, Lester leaps in
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roy eldridge (trumpet), johnny griffin (tenor sax), milt jackson (vib), count basie (piano), niels-henning orsted pedersen (bass), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
PABLO 2310-750 - Réédition : OJC 933
THE TRUMPET KINGS AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975 (16-07-1975) by dizzy gillespie
Songs
Montreux blues, there is no greater love, on the Alamo, blues for Norman, Indiana
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dizzy gillespie, roy eldridge, clark terry (trumpet), oscar peterson (piano), niels-henning orsted pedersen (bass), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
PABLO 2310-754 - Réédition : OJC 739
AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975 (16-07-1975) by oscar peterson
Songs
Au privave, here's that rainy day, poor butterfly, reunion blues
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milt jackson (vib), oscar peterson (piano), toots thielemans (hca), joe pass (guitar), niels-henning orsted-pedersen (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Baby Lawrence, Pres, i'll always be in love with you, blues in the church, oh lady be good, blues in the alley, as long as i live, song of the islands, royal garden blues, easy does it
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count basie (piano), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Fine and mellow, i'm just a lucky so and so, a ghost of chance, rockin' in rhythm, i'm in the mood for love,'round midnight, i can't give you anything but love, the man i love, polka dots and moonbeams
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ella fitzgerald (vcl), clark terry, harry edison (trumpet), zoot sims, eddie davis (tenor sax),joe pass (guitar), tommy flanagan (piano), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
The honeydripper, honey hush, cherry red, night time is the right time, blues around the clock, since i fell for you, flip flop and fly, wee baby blues, good mornin' blues, roll 'em Pete
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eddie davis, zoot sims (tenor sax), harry edison (trumpet), j.j. johnson (tb), count basie (piano), irving ashby (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum), joe turner (vcl)
No regrets, i've got a feeling i'm falling, deep purple, rain, on green Dolphin street, just friends, i cried forr you, seems like old times, you stepped out of a dream, if i give my heart to you, once in a while, the lamp is low, where are you, ....
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ella fitzgerald (vcl), harry edison (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), george auld (tenor sax), jimmy jones (piano), john collins (guitar), bob west (elb), panama francis or louie bellson (drum)
Flic, love is here to stay, St Tropez, waldorf blues, sunday, you're getting to be a habit with me
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lester young (tenor sax), harry edison (trumpet), oscar peterson or lou stein (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson or mickey stein (drum)
That old feeling, let's fall in love, i'll never be the same, blues in the night, how long has this been going on, i was doing all right, what's new, moon song, just one of those things, there's no you, you go to my head, sweet Lorraine
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louis armstrong (trumpet) (vcl), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
I want a man, she had to go and leave it at the Astor, legalize my name, i wanna get married, Josephine, you brought me more than sunshine, let's do it, to keep my love alive, you can be replaced
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pearl bailey (vcl), charlie shavers, ernie royal (trumpet), santo russo (tb), red press (alto sax), seldon powell (tenor sax), danny bank (bs), lloyd phillips (piano), joe puma (guitar), al hall (bass), louie bellson (drum), don redman (arr)
Chocolate sundae, when your lover has gone, Candy, it never entered my mind, woodyn' you
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harry edison (trumpet), stan getz (tenor sax), gerry mulligan (bs), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Love is here to stay, learning the blues, autumn in New York, let's call the whole thing off, they all laughed, gee baby ain't i good to you, stompin' at the Savoy, these foolish things, comes love, ill windmakin' whoopee, i get a kick out of you
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louis armstrong (trumpet) (vcl), ella fitzgerald (vcl), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
mambo tango samba ..., ther's a boat, c'est magnifique, shein vi di l'vone, that's what i like about the north, loch Lomond, any place i hang my hat is home, you came a long way from St Louis, non dimenticar, south Amerixa take it away, ballin' the Jack
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pearl bailey (vcl), charlie shavers (trumpet), santo russo (tb), red press (alto sax), seldon powell (tenor sax), danny bank (bs), lloyd phillips (piano), al caiola, joe puma (guitar), al hall (bass), louie bellson (drum), don redman (arr)
Music for a strip-teaser, perpetual motion, spring in Naples, taxco, sprang, chuck-a-luck, early awedom, pimlico
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roy eldridge, al porcino (trumpet), bill harris (tb), jimmy hamilton (cl), hal mckusick, sam markowitz (alto sax), al cohn, flip phillips (tenor sax), danny bank (bs), oscar peterson (piano), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum), ralph burns (arr)
CD Album
VERVE 8121
THE EXCITING BATTLE (JAPT STOCKHOLM '55) (02-02-1955) by jatp
Songs
Little David, drum solo medley, the man i love, i'll never be same, skylark, my old flame, Birks
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roy eldridge, dizzy gillespie (trumpet), bill harris (tb), flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Rose of the Rio Grande, caravan, down the street round the corner, where or when, ill wind, you took advantage of me, autumn in New York, blues for Duke, just as though you were here, just one of those things
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ernie royal, phil sunkel (trumpet), lawrence brown (tb), sam taylor or arthur clark, al cohn (tenor sax), danny banks (bs), leroy lovett or hank jones (piano), lloyd trotman or wendell marshall (bass), louie bellson or jo jones (drum) + (voc)
CD Album
VERVE 8067 - Réédition : VERVE 559 930
MOODS FOR GIRL AND BOY (14-12-1954) by harry carney
Songs
Ghost of a chance, i got it bad that ain't good, take the A train, moonlight on the Ganges, it had to be you, we're in love again, chalmeu, fantasy
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ray nance (trumpet) (voc),tony miranda (flh), jimmy hamilton (cl) (tenor sax), harry carney (bs) (bcl), leroy lovett (piano), billy bauer (guitar), wendell marshall (bass), louie bellson (drum) +strings
dizzy gellespie, roy eldridge (trumpet), bill harris (tb), buddy defranco (cl), flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Sometimes i'm happy, i'm through with love, i don't know why, can't we be friends, don't you think, if i had you, i've found a new baby, i can't get started
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dizzy gillespie, roy eldridge (trumpet) (voc), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
The concert blues, the challenges, the man i love, tenderly, imagination, i'll never be the same, stardust, drum solo, should i, come to the mardi-gras, love for sale, nuages, avalon, it's only a paper moon, easy living, i'll remember april, autumn leave
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roy eldridge, dizzy gillespie (trumpet), bill harris (tb), flip phillips, ben webster (tenor sax) or buddy defranco (cl), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum), lionel hampton (vib)
Moonglow, my one and only love, love is here to stay, tenderly, unforgettable, Ruby, moon song, Laura
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bill harris (tb), benny carter (alto sax), don abney or oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), george duvivier or ray brown (bass), buddy rich or louie bellson (drum)
Chelsea bridge, willow weep for me,there is no greater love, teach me tonight, what am i here for?, until tonight, my greatest mistake, blue moon, early autumn, we'll be together again
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ben webster (tenor sax), tony scott or jimmy hamilton (cl), danny bank (bs), billy strayhorn or teddy wilson or hank jones (piano), george duvivier or wendell marshall or chet amsterdam (bass), louie bellson or osie johnson (drum) +strings
Love's away, you're mine you, my funny Valentine, sophisticated lady, love is here to stay, it happens to be me, all too soon, do nothin' till you hear from me, prelude to a kiss, come rian or come shine
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ben webster (tenor sax), teddy wilson (piano), ray brown (bass), jo jones (drum) or ben webster, tony scott or jimmy hamilton (cl), danny bank (bs), billy strayhorn (piano), george duvivieror wendell marshall (bass), louie bellson (drum) +strings
For this is my night of love,this love of mine, rose room, blues for Basie, mood indigo, squatty roo, perdido
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emmett berry or harold baker (trumpet), lawrence brown (tb), johnny hodges (alto sax), flip phillips or ben webster or arthur clarke (tenor sax), leroy lovett or teddy brannon (piano), red callender or john williams (bass), j.c. heard or louie bellson (drum), al hibber (voc)
Willow weep for me, soft winds, pompton turnpike, the continental, alone together, give me the simple life, singin' in the rain, cherokee, love you madly
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oscar peterson (piano), barney kessel or herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), alvin stoller or louie bellson (drum)
Laura, september in the rain, on the alamo, lullaby of the leaves, that's my weakness now, it's easy to remember, until the real thing comes along, body and soul, i cover the watewrfront, look for the silver lining, you are too beautiful, minor blues
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oscar peterson (piano), barney kessel or herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Long gone, St. Louis blues, friendless blues, aunt Hagar's blues, careless love, morning star, i've heard of a city, i'll never turn back, ole miss, hesitating blues, Beale street mama, way down south
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pearl bailey (vcl), bernie glow, john freek, joe wilder, jimmy nottingham (trumpet), bobby byrne, jimmy cleveland (tb), george dorsey (alto sax), seldom powell (tenor sax), danny bank (bs), lloyd phillips (piano), al caiola (guitar), al hall (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Bye bye blues, moten swing, i surrender dear, song of the islands
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clark terry (trumpet), al grey (tb), benny carter (alto sax), eddie davis (tenor sax), count basie (piano), joe pass (guitar), john heard (bass), louie bellson (drum)