I was privileged to produce this tour and this concert but the BBC - I am so grateful to Steve Taylor for sourcing this video recording - deepest gratitude - i miss Louie so much - blessings Louie for your friendship, your kindness, your amazing playing, the wonderful bands and the great music - So happy to see Bobby Shew, Arnie Lawrence (so sadly missed), Joe Romano and all those fabulous players - blessing to you all.

Alan Downey and Bobby Shew

Thank you Steve and Peter. I just uncovered the Hale Rood charts to this tour, abandoned in a storage locker in Seattle. I think Hale is perhaps the second trombonist in this video (glasses). Anyway, University of Washington jazz will keep the flame going on this. The charts are involved (!) Blessings.

This is big band music in wonderland. So very thankfull that we can witness it again. It doesnt get any better.

I grew up a drummer since age 7 now 71 I idolized Louie, I only wish I could have seen & heard Louie & any one of his orchestras play..........

Wonderful!!!!

Louis Bellson, the drummer Buddy Rich asked to sit in for him while he was recovering from a back injury.

Duke Ellington called Louis Bellson " The Worlds Greatest Musician " and I agree totally ! Much Love and Respect to them And other Jazz Greats !

Thank you for posting this I believe the opening tune is Sambadera swing Bobby Shew played w Buddy Rich Andy Macintosh played with Maynard .

Fantastic! I saw this band in Eskilstuna Sweden same year. I was 15.

Arnie Lawrence playing some burning alto solos!

Wow!!

I sat in several times on drums (Thank u, Lorca Hart) in 2005 w/ John Heard at Charlie O's in Van Nuys. I remember he extended his bass out in font of him!. At that time I didn't know he had played w/ both Basie AND Louie!

Another great version of Blue by Bobby Shew on flugelhorn beginning at 7:56.

Clint Sharman trombone

A few familiar Brit faces there! Alan Downey, Andy Mackintosh amongst others.

Thanks!!! Its great to hear the legend if the double kick drum showing his stuff! Decades ahead of his time!

Thanks to Steve White for introducing me to Louis, phenomenal double bass skills decades before thrash! 🥁😬

13:05 "A little Syncopation" 😂❤

Anyone know the name of the flugelhorn solo bobby Shew does third tune in on this video? Absolutely stunning. What a band.

13:05 "A little Syncopation"

wow, in the back row, bobby shew playing flugel on "Blue". walt johnson and a young rick baptist ? on the 4th chair? alan downey, arnie lawrence

Looks like Ken Hitchcock who played with buddy rich around the same time.

Joe Romano 1st Tenor

21:30 😂❤

Louie knew what he was doing and executed it perfectly.

This is pure gold.

Not Kenny Hitchcock on 2nd tenor...

American Big Bands always go for it head on,they never hold back,and the college music system there makes us look so backward.We have lived off the North's brass band tradition to supply so many of our top players,that's what happens when you have privileged public schoolboy politicians in charge of your educational institutions.

00:09

If you like Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich and no others I would not criticize you.

Buddy's music isn't a patch on Louis band.