''Conversations'' is a 1972 album showcasing three jazz drummers Buddy Rich,

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, ...

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Kenny Clare Kenneth Cloudsley Clare (8 June 1929 – 11 January 1985) was a British jazz drummer. Early life Born in Leytonstone, Essex, England, Clare learnt to play the drums at the age of 13. Career In 1947, Clare joined the Royal Air Force and playe ...

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Ray Premru Raymond Eugene Premru (June 6, 1934 – May 8, 1998) was an American trombonist, composer, and teacher who spent most of his career in London, England. Life and career The son of a Methodist minister, Premru was born in Elmira, New York and gre ...

Orchestra.

Track listing

LP side 1: #"Round And Round And Round Again" (Ray Premru) #"Just Louie" (Bellson) – Louie Bellson drum solo #"Son Of Cuchulainn" (Bobby Lamb) LP side 2: #"Conversations With B.L.K." (Bobby Lamb)

Personnel

*Buddy Rich –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

on "Son of Cuchulainn" and "Conversations with B.L.K" *Louie Bellson – drums on "Just Louie" and "Conversations with B.L.K" *Kenny Clare – drums on "Round and Round and Round Again" and "Conversations with B.L.K" *The Bobby Lamb – Ray Premru Orchestra **Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins, Stan Reynolds, Ronnie Hughes, John McLeavy –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

s **Cliff Hardie, Keith Christie, John Marshall, Jack Thirlwall, Bobby Lamb, Ray Premru –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

s **Nick Busch, Colin Horton, John Pigneguy, Tony Lucas, Nick Hill –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

s **John Jenkins – tuba ** Duncan Lamont, Jim Philip –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

s **Ronnie Chamberlain, Alan Branscombe –

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

s **Ken Dryden –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

**Steve Gray –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

**Arthur Watts –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

**Tristan Fry –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

References

*EMI/Parlophone PCS 7151 *Vocalion CDLK 4436 ( CD re-issue packaged together with ''Repercussion'' by Louie Bellson and Eric Delaney) {{Authority control Buddy Rich albums Louie Bellson albums 1972 albums Collaborative albums