Name: Hot
Brand: Nimbus
SKU: 749098
Price: 12.17 USD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

Louie Bellson Jazz Orchestra: Louie Bellson (drums); Joe Roccisano, Don Menza, Jack Stuckey, George Opalisky, Kenny Hitchcock (saxophone); Robert Milliken, Brian O'Flaherty, Larry Lunetta, Danny Cahn, Glenn Drewes (trumpet); Don Mikkelsen, Hale Rood, Clinton Sharman, Keith O'Quinn (trombone); John Bunch (piano); Jay Leonhart (bass).
Additional personnel: Clark Terry (flugelhorn).
Recorded at Clinton Studios, New York, New York on December 7 & 9, 1987.
Personnel: Louie Bellson (drums); George Young (saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Joe Roccisano (saxophone, alto saxophone); Kenneth Hitchcock, Don Menza (saxophone, tenor saxophone); George Opalisky, Jack Stuckey (saxophone); Brian O'Flaherty, Robert Millikan, Glenn Drewes, Danny Cahn, Larry Lunetta (trumpet); Clark Terry (flugelhorn); Hale Rood, Don Mikkelsen, Keith O'Quinn, Clinton Sharman (trombone); John Bunch (piano); Jay Leonhart (bass instrument).
Liner Note Author: Leonard Feather.
Recording information: Clinton Recording Studios, Inc., New York, NY (12/07/1987/12/09/1987); Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY (12/07/1987/12/09/1987).
Editor: Gregory K. Squires.
Arrangers: Don Menza; Rick Wilkins; Jack Hayes; Joe Roccisano; Lew Del Gatto; Tommy Newsom; Bob Florence.
The late Louie (or Louis) Bellson was one of the few jazz drummers that could be considered a peer of icon Buddy Rich. Like Rich, he toiled in the big bands of others (Goodman, Dorsey, Ellington) before striking out on his own. Also like Rich, Bellson led a successful big band well into the post-rock & roll eras. HOT was recorded (and originally released) in 1987, and it's a hard-swinging mix of jazz veterans (Don Menza, guest Clark Terry), relative newcomers, and ace arrangers (Rich Wilkins, Tonight Show's Tommy Newsom). Fans of modern big bands should snap this up.

Album: Hot
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Caravan
2)	Ode to a Friend
3)	Peaceful Poet, The
4)	Together We Rise
5)	Hot
6)	Hookin' It
7)	Waltzing at Denison
8)	Walkin' with Buddy

Album: Hot
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Caravan
2)	Ode to a Friend
3)	Peaceful Poet, The
4)	Together We Rise
5)	Hot
6)	Hookin' It
7)	Waltzing at Denison
8)	Walkin' with Buddy