Conversations (Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Kenny Clare album)

Conversations
Studio album by Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Kenny Clare, Bobby Lamb - Ray Premru Orchestra
Recorded	December 5, 1971, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Genre	Jazz
Label	EMI/Parlophone
Producer	Walter J Ridley
Buddy Rich chronology
Rich in London (1971) Rich in London1971 Conversations (1972) Conversations1972 Stick It (1972) Stick It1972
Louie Bellson chronology
Breakthrough! (1968) Breakthrough!1968 Conversations (1972) Conversations1972 150 MPH (1974) 150 MPH1974

Conversations is a 1972 album showcasing three jazz drummers Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, and Kenny Clare with the Bobby Lamb - Ray Premru Orchestra.

Track listing

LP side 1:

1. "Round And Round And Round Again" (Ray Premru)
2. "Just Louie" (Bellson) – Louie Bellson drum solo
3. "Son Of Cuchulainn" (Bobby Lamb)

LP side 2:

1. "Conversations With B.L.K." (Bobby Lamb)

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums 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 – trumpets
  • Cliff Hardie, Keith Christie, John Marshall, Jack Thirlwall, Bobby Lamb, Ray Premru – trombones
  • Nick Busch, Colin Horton, John Pigneguy, Tony Lucas, Nick Hill – French horns
  • John Jenkins – tuba
  • Duncan Lamont, Jim Philip – tenor saxophones
  • Ronnie Chamberlain, Alan Branscombe – alto saxophones
  • Ken Dryden – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Gray – piano
  • Arthur Watts – bass
  • Tristan Fry – percussion

References

• EMI/Parlophone PCS 7151
• Vocalion CDLK 4436 (CD re-issue packaged together with Repercussion by Louie Bellson and Eric Delaney)