Cool, Cool Blue is the 1983 album by drummer Louie Bellson. Originally released by the Pablo label, this was released in 1994 by Original Jazz Classics/Fantasy Jazz and was remastered by Phil De Lancie.
This Pablo set (reissued on CD) was a change of pace from drummer Louie Bellson's many big-band dates of the period. He performs "Wanderlust" in a trio with pianist Frank Strazzeri and bassist George Duvivier (who wrote the song); features tenor saxophonist Ted Nash (one of his main discoveries) on four quartet tunes; and has Matt Catingub make the group a quintet on three numbers, taking one song apiece on alto, tenor and soprano. Several of the pieces – either group originals or obscurities – are blues-based; a few are more complex, and all of them swing in a spirited fashion, as one would expect from a Louie Bellson date. Good modern mainstream music.
1. Tapooze Don
2. If We Were In Love
3. Wanderlust
4. The Boss
5. Smedley
6. Cool, Cool Blue
7. Long Ago
8. The Third Eye
Louie Bellson-drums
Frank Strazzeri-piano
George Duvivier-bass
Ted Nash-saxophone
Matt Catingub-saxophone
Produced by Alan Freeman
Executive producer: Peter Brightman
Recorded at PRT Studios, London, England,
November 9, 1982
Engineers: Ray Prickett, Terry Everett
Digital remastering, 1994: Phil De Lancie
(Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)
