Is this Louie Bellson?” he recalled in a recent interview at his Davenport home, whose living room is dominated by a 16-piece drum set owned by Bellson. “He had a snare drum set up and the ...

At 15, Bellson pioneered the double-bass drum setup and had, by age 17, won the Gene Krupa drum contest, named for a big band percussionist at the time, from among 40,000 drummers nationwide.

That remarkable technical resources are at the root of this effect ought to go without saying, because Bellson`s only rival as a drum virtuoso is Buddy Rich. And each time one hears those two ...

and the bass drum could be syncopated also, because a good bass player playing four beats to the bar took care of that basic beat.” While performing with Ellington from 1951 to 1953, Bellson met ...

World-renowned jazz drummer, composer and educator Louie Bellson was born in Rock Falls and grew up in the Quad Cities area.

Born Luigi Paolino Balassoni, Bellson won a nationwide Gene Krupa drum contest in 1940 and was heard by Tommy Dorsey, who was quite impressed. The drummer started at the top in 1941, playing with ...

ROCK FALLS, Ill. (KWQC) - The 4th annual Bellson Music Fest is set to take place on June 7. Rock Falls Tourism said the event is being organized in close association with Bellson’s widow ...

Is this Louie Bellson?” he recalled in a recent interview at his Davenport home, whose living room is dominated by a 16-piece drum set owned by Bellson. “He had a snare drum set up and the ...