Louie Bellson: Press Reviews

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Our Press Release
New big-band CD by NEA JAZZ MASTERS
LOUIE BELLSON, composer & drums
CLARK TERRY, trumpet & flugelhorn
featuring
Kenny Washington & Sylvia Cuenca, drums
and a 17-piece big band ●
Genres: Big Band, Jazz, Swing
Studio Recording: May 29-30, 2007 New York
Release: 2008
Label: Percussion Power
Executive Producer: Louie Bellson
Design Producer: Francine Bellson
Liner Notes: Nat Hentoff
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ALBUM NOTES
LOUIE & CLARK EXPEDITION 2 is a big band collaboration of drummer Louie Bellson and trumpeter Clark Terry, each an American jazz master in his own right.

These “2” legends perform, improvise, mentor and lead a 17-piece big band on an adventure reminiscent of its namesake, the historic “Lewis and Clark Expedition” of 1803. As composer, Bellson calls upon four capable arrangers including Tonight Show bandleader, Tommy Newsom.
The opening four movements, The Chicago Suite, form the latest entry into a series of composer Bellson’s salutes to American cities. Also of note is a delightful drum feature, Two Guys and a Gal, showcasing three drummers Bellson, Kenny Washington and Sylvia Cuenca.
Liner notes written by historian and jazz advocate Nat Hentoff describe the music as a “…celebration of the human spirit that keeps regenerating itself.”

ARTIST CONTACTS
Francine Bellson, Artist mgr. for Louie Bellson
bellson@remo.com
www.louiebellson.net

Lajuana Paris, Artist mgr. for Clark Terry
clarkterry20@yahoo.com
www.clarkterry.com

PUBLICITY CONTACTS
(Inter)National Press Campaign
Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
jazzpromo@earthlink.net
www.jazzpromoservices.com

National Radio Campaign
Michael Hurzon, The Tracking Station
trackst@bellsouth.net