Local drummer Josh Duffee plays one of Louie Bellson’s old drum kits in his home Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Davenport. Duffee, a local expert on Bellson’s style and history, ...

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 ...

Louie Bellson didn’t just change how people play the drum set; he transformed the way people think about drummers. In the BB age (Before Bellson), drummers often were caricatured as musically ...

Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, ... After winning the Krupa drum competition, ...

Due to circumstances beyond anyone`s control, I`m sure that some of those who came Monday night to hear drummer Louie Bellson at Rick`s Cafe Americain were in a rather down mood. After all, the ...

Mr. Bellson was born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni in Rock Falls, Ill., on July 6, 1924. His father owned a music store, and he began playing drums at age 3.

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.

His legacy will be celebrated during the Bellson Music Fest on June 7, ... Festivities start at 11:30 a.m. at the McCormick Event Center with a drum circle by Gregg Potter, ...

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 ...

Duffee, a local expert on Bellson’s style and history, was given the drum set by Bellson’s wife who simply wished for it to go to a good home. The famed drummer, who grew-up in Moline, died ...

Louie Bellson’s Web site includes accolades he received through the years from the likes of Della Reese, ... At 15, Bellson pioneered the double-bass drum setup and had, by age 17, ...