Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 239 (Q11035)

When I first heard him play - that four-bar break he made on - with Count Basie's Band - Queer Street, that's a classic. Today there's a guy around called Harold Jones that's another fabulous drummer. He lives up here. He can really play. He'll swing you into bad health too. He knows that book. Sonny Payne was great. I know he was a master showman, throwing the sticks up in the air, but that w ...