Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (Rock Falls, 6 de julho de 1924 – Los Angeles, 14 de fevereiro de 2009), mais conhecido pelo nome artístico Louie Bellson, foi um baterista de jazz norte-americano. Também foi compositor, arranjador e maestro.
Atuou em mais de 200 álbuns com grandes músicos como Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, entre outros.
Discografia
Como líder/co-líder
1952 Just Jazz All Stars (Capitol) 1954 Louis Bellson and His Drums (Norgran) 1955 Skin Deep (Norgran) compilação dos LPs de 10 polegadas des The Amazing Artistry of Louis Bellson and The Exciting Mr. Bellson 1954 The Exciting Mr. Bellson and His Big Band (Norgran) 1954 Louis Bellson with Wardell Gray (Norgran) 1954 Louis Bellson Quintet (Norgran) também lançado como Concerto for Drums by Louis Bellson 1954 Journey into Love (Norgan) também lançado como Two in Love 1955 The Driving Louis Bellson (Norgran) 1956 The Hawk Talks (Norgran) 1957 Drumorama! (Verve) 1959 Let's Call It Swing (Verve) 1959 Music, Romance and Especially Love (Verve) 1957 Louis Bellson at The Flamingo (Verve) 1959 Live in Stereo at the Flamingo Hotel, Vol. 1: June 28, 1959 1961 Drummer's Holiday (Verve) 1960 The Brilliant Bellson Sound (Verve) 1960 Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne (Verve) 1961 Around the World in Percussion (Roulette) 1962 Big Band Jazz from the Summit (Roulette) 1962 Happy Sounds (Roulette) com Pearl Bailey 1962 The Mighty Two (Roulette) com Gene Krupa 1964 Explorations (Roulette) com Lalo Schifrin 1965 Are You Ready for This? (Roost) com Buddy Rich 1965 Thunderbird (Impulse!) 1967 Repercussion (Studio2Stereo) 1968 Breakthrough! (Project 3) 1970 Louie in London (DRG) 1971 Are You Ready for This? (Roost / Roulette) com Buddy Rich 1972 Conversations (Vocalion) com Kenny Clare and Buddy Rich 1974 150 MPH (Concord) 1974 Louie Rides Again (Percussion Power) 1975 The Louis Bellson Explosion (Pablo) 1975 The Drum Session (Philips Records com Shelly Manne, Willie Bobo & Paul Humphrey) 1976 Louie Bellson's 7 (Concord Jazz) 1977 Ecue Ritmos Cubanos (Pablo) com Walfredo de los Reyes 1978 Raincheck (Concord) 1978 Note Smoking 1978 Louis Bellson Jam with Blue Mitchell (Pablo) 1978 Matterhorn: Louie Bellson Drum Explosion 1978 Sunshine Rock (Pablo) 1978 Prime Time (Concord Jazz) 1979 Dynamite (Concord Jazz) 1979 Side Track (Concord Jazz) 1979 Louis Bellson, With Bells On! (Vogue Jazz (UK)) 1980 London Scene (Concord Jazz) 1980 Live at Ronnie Scott's (DRG) 1982 Hi Percussion (Accord) 1982 Cool, Cool Blue (Pablo) 1982 The London Gig (Pablo) 1983 Loose Walk 1984 Don't Stop Now! (Capri) 1986 Farberman: Concerto for Jazz Drummer; Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (BIS) 1987 Intensive Care 1988 Hot (Nimbus) 1989 Jazz Giants (Musicmasters) 1989 East Side Suite (Musicmasters) 1990 Airmail Special: A Salute to the Big Band Masters (Musicmasters) 1992 Live at the Jazz Showcase (Concord Jazz) 1992 Peaceful Thunder (Musicmasters) 1994 Live from New York (Telarc) 1994 Black Brown & Beige (Musicmasters) 1994 Cool Cool Blue (Original Jazz Classics) 1994 Salute (Chiaroscuro) 1995 I'm Shooting High (Four Star) 1995 Explosion Band (Exhibit) 1995 Salute (Chiaroscuro) 1995 Live at Concord Summer Festival (Concord Jazz) 1996 Their Time Was the Greatest (Concord Jazz) 1997 Air Bellson (Concord Jazz) 1998 The Art of Chart (Concord Jazz)
As sideman com Count Basie
Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962) Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962) Pop Goes the Basie (Reprise, 1965) Basie's in the Bag (Brunswick, 1967) The Happiest Millionaire (Coliseum, 1967) Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Pablo, 1975)
com Benny Carter
Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954) New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954) In the Mood for Swing (MusicMasters, 1988)
com Duke Ellington
Ellington Uptown (Columbia, 1952) My People (Contact, 1963) A Concert of Sacred Music (RCA Victor, 1965) Ella at Duke's Place (Verve, 1965)
com Johnny Hodges
Used to Be Duke (Norgran, 1954) The Blues (Norgran, 1955)
com Harry James
Juke Box Jamboree (Columbia CL 615, 1955) Live At The Riverboat (Dot DLP 3728/DLP 25728, 1966) Harry James and His Orchestra 1948–49 (Big Band Landmarks Vol. X & XI, 1969)
com Linda Ronstadt
Lush Life (Asylum, 1984) For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum, 1986)
com Toni Tennille
More Than You Know (Mirage, 1984) Do It Again (USA Music Group, 1988)
com outros
Count Basie and Oscar Peterson, Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1975) Count Basie and Zoot Sims, Basie & Zoot (Pablo, 1975) Tony Bennett, I've Gotta Be Me (Columbia, 1969) James Brown, Soul on Top (King, 1970) Buddy Collette, Porgy & Bess (Interlude, 1959) Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis Again (Verve, 1957) Herb Geller, The Herb Geller Quartet (V.S.O.P., 1994) Dizzy Gillespie, Roy and Diz (Clef, 1954) Stephane Grappelli, Classic Sessions: Stephane Grappelli, with Phil Woods and Louie Bellson (RTV, 1987) Oscar Peterson, The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1975) Mel Powell, The Return of Mel Powell (Chiaroscuro, 1987) Sonny Stitt, Stomp Off Let's Go (Flying Dutchman, 1976) The Trumpet Kings, The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (Pablo, 1975) Big Joe Turner, The Bosses (Pablo, 1974) Sarah Vaughan, How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978) Ben Webster, Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954) Joe Williams, With Love (Temponic, 1972)
Ligações externas
Louie Bellson: Jazz drummer and composer who played with Duke Ellington’s band Louie Bellson no Allmusic
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