Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 285 (Q11081)

I was blessed, being around artists like Duke Ellington, Count Basie. They're the ones that did it. When you joined ranks with people like that - artists and humanitarians like that - you've got it made, because all you've got to do is keep your eyes and ears open, and they're teaching you, every night on the bandstand. I know some drummers who would give their left arm just to play one number ...