Louie Bellson, a crisp and dazzling drummer who worked with many of the major figures of the swing era and a gracious entertainer who made frequent appearances at the White House and on "The Tonight ...

Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84. By The ...

In the mid-’70s, my band was on the road at the Holiday Inn in Modesto. The drummer and I sat at the pool one afternoon. The only others there were Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson. We introduced ...

There has been so much written already about the late Louie Bellson, the man Duke Ellington said was "not only the world"s greatest drummer, but the world"s greatest musician." Now it"s my turn. Since ...

Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84. Bellson ...

Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84. Bellson ...

American jazz master and Illinois native son Louie Bellson, the renowned drummer-composer who passed away last year, will be honored in two observances planned in the Q-C area on May 20, 2010. Both ...

Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino 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 ...

Louie Bellson, a virtuoso jazz drummer whose career spanned more than seven decades, has died from complications of Parkinson's disease after breaking his hip late last year. He was 84. Bellson's ...

Bellson performs on one of his famous compositions while a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra: Louie Bellson, a virtuoso jazz drummer whose career spanned more than seven decades, has died from ...