Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 370 (Q11166)

I've got some of those too. But Duke Ellington never like to show people his ideas. He'd show certain people. He showed me how he voiced Caravan. One day he was - on an occasion he was up at the piano, he motioned to me, come here. I got up and sat down by the piano bench. This is Johnny Hodges. [Bellson sings the melody to Caravan. ] Up chromatically. Here's Russell Procope. Here's Paul Gonsa ...