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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCK FALLS, Ill. — You are invited to the third annual Bellson Music Fest, celebrating legendary musician Louie Bellson's 100th birthday, in Rock Falls on Saturday, June 8. The free, all-day event ...

Louie Bellson and Josh Duffee were born more than 50 years apart, but they were kindred spirits. Mr. Duffee -- 30-year-old Moline High graduate, drummer, and leader of his own orchestra -- met Mr.

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 ...