Louis Bellson RIP

Rest in peace Louie.

It's a sheerest coincidence that I've experienced the day that Louie Bellson died. On that evening of Valentine day , February 14 last week, I pulled out one of my favorite Louie's CDs and listened to it (Louie Bellson Quartet,Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase -Concord Record). Thought I share that with Audiogon's audience.

take a listen to "Ellington Uptown",fantastic drumming,maybe his best.

My taste in jazz is pretty conservative, so there are very few "fusion" albums I like. Bellson is notable to me because he not only anchored some great traditional jazz that's right up my alley, but he also did that great James Brown big band recording, called (I believe) "Soul On Top". Great stuff from a guy who actually covered a lot of musical ground and covered it all really well.

Marty

yeah "skin deep" is like jaw dropping stuff - RIP