Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 931 (Q11727)

You seem to be in the league, if not at the top drawer of the league, of people who, when somebody thinks of somebody who's a nice person, as gentleman, as you've been described by both Duke Ellington and Jeff Castleman, as an angel, a saint. Has that worked against you in this business? You see all these abrasive people who make their reputation on being rough and tough, like Buddy Rich or Be ...