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 ...

Rock Falls Tourism will host the 3rd Annual Bellson Music Fest on Saturday, June 8th. And here to tell us all about it are Mrs. Francine Bellson, Widow and Champion of the Louis Bellson Legacy and Mr.

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’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 ...

Louis Bellson is renowned as one of the finest jazz drummers in the world. He's also Pearl Bailey's husband, and has been for the last 24 years. "Our rapport on stage has always been one where I've ...

Louis P. Bellson, 84, of Sherman Oaks and San Jose, Calif., formerly of Moline, died Feb. 14, 2009, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Moline, is handling ...

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 ...

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of Louie Bellson's injuries were extremely exaggerated. The Moline native was struck by a sport utility vehicle near his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., last January, ...