Louie Bellson
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Biography
[Edit]One of the great drummers of all time (and one of the few whose name can be said in the same sentence with Buddy Rich), Louie Bellson has the rare ability to continually hold one's interest throughout a 15-minute solo. He became famous in the 1950s for using two bass drums simultaneously, but Bellson was never a gimmicky or overly bombastic player. In addition to being able to drive a big band to exciting effect, Bellson can play very quietly with a trio and sound quite satisfied.
Winner of a Gene Krupa talent contest while a teenager, Bellson was with the big bands of Benny Goodman (1943 and 1946), Tommy Dorsey (1947-1949), and Harry James (1950-1951) before replacing Sonny Greer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. A talented writer, Bellson contributed "Skin Deep" and "The Hawk Talks" to Ellington's permanent repertoire. Bellson married Pearl Bailey in 1952, and the following year left Ellington to be her musical director. Bellson toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic (1954-1955), recorded many dates in the 1950s for Verve, and was with the Dorsey Brothers (1955-1956), Count Basie (1962), Duke Ellington (1965-1966), and Harry James (1966). He continued to be active, leading big bands (different ones on the East and West Coasts), putting together combos for record dates, giving clinics for younger drummers, and writing new music. Bellson has recorded extensively for Roulette (early '60s), Concord, Pablo, and Music Masters.
Title: June 28-1959 At The Flamingo Hotel Volume 1
Artist: Louie Bellson
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor, Disco
Title: Louie Bellson Honors 12 Super-Drummers - Their Time Was the Greatest!
Artist: Louie Bellson
Genre: Jazz
Title: Louie Bellson Honors 12 Super-Drummers -- Their Time Was The Greatest!
Artist: Louie Bellson
Genre: Jazz
Title: Airmail Special: A Salute to the Big Band Masters
Artist: Louie Bellson
Title: Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige
Artist: Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Joe Williams
Title: June 28-1959 At the Flamingo Hotel, Vol. 1 (Live)
Artist: Louie Bellson
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Bop
Title: Salute (Live)
Artist: Louie Bellson, George Young, Bobby Shew, Keter Betts, Willie Pickens
Collections
Title: Santa's Bag
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top Jazz Drummers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Drums
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz 'Round Midnight: Chanteuses - Female Jazz Vocalists
Genre: Jazz
Title: S Paradise - The Gershwin Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Jazz Drumming
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Influential Jazz Drummers
Genre: Jazz
Title: "G", George Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Drums
Genre: Jazz
Title: Compact Jazz - Best of the Big Bands
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Drummers Digest
Genre: Jazz
Title: The George Gershwin Songbook: 40 Greatest Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Masters: Drummers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mainstream Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Superdrummers!
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Light Jazz Classics
Genre: Chill Out, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Lounge, Bossanova
Title: Feeling Good
Title: Big Band And Swing Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: 'S Paradise - The Gershwin Songbook (The Instrumentals) (Disc 3)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
