The lives of Davenport drummer and jazz expert Josh Duffee and world-renowned drummer Louie Bellson have been inextricably linked for years. Louie Bellson was born 100 years ago, July 6, 1924 in Rock ...
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 ...
Louie Bellson’s Web site includes accolades he received through the years from the likes of Della Reese, Buddy Rich, Johnny Carson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Tony ...
DAVENPORT — At age 17, Moline's own Louie Bellson famously won the Slingerland National Gene Krupa drumming contest, chosen by the most famous drummer in jazz out of 40,000 hopefuls, changing his life ...
To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 ...
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 ...
Louie Bellson, 84, widely considered one of the world’s greatest drummers, who played with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie, died Saturday in California of complications ...
Louie Bellson, performing at the Olympic Jazz Festival in 1984, was widely respected for his technical skill, refined rhythms and ability to adapt to various genres. “Not only is Louie Bellson the ...
When jazz drumming great Louie Bellson died on Feb. 14, he left behind an enormous legacy of great music and innovation. Writer-script analyst Ryan Eglash is one of Bellson’s biggest admirers. Eglash, ...
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