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

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

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)