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Louis Bellson
1924-2009
Master Drummer Helped Create the Footprint for Jazz
Louis Bellson, the world famous jazz drummer who helped establish the footprint for jazz music in America, has died at the age of 84 in Los Angeles.
The jazz musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator is credited with pioneering the use of two [...]
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Bellson’s long, productive career stretched from his teens—when, in competition with 40,000 other young players, he won the Slingerland National Gene Krupa drumming contest—to the tours and seminars he continued until 2008. Best kno... Read Post
jazz music news Ed Thigpen 1930 – 2010 Thigpen Drummer of Choice for Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald One of jazz music’s brighest stars has gone out with the death of legendary drummer Ed Thigpen, who died January 13th at the age of... Read Post
News, R.I.P.Jazz drummer Louis Bellson, who appeared on more than 200 albums over 60 years, including those by Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, died Saturday from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 84.Born ... Read Post