Count Basie Orchestra Harry James And His Orchestra Woody Herman And His Orchestra Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Zoot Sims Quartet Boston Pops Orchestra The Duke Ellington Orchestra The Count Basie Trio Duke Ellington Quartet Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra Harry James & His Music Makers Louie Bellson Orchestra Sam Most Quartet The Oscar Peterson Big 6 The Louie Bellson Quintet Kansas City 3 Louie Bellson Big Band Count Basie 6 Woody Herman And His Third Herd Louis Bellson & His Band The Louie Bellson Drum Explosion Louie Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra Louie Bellson & His All-Star Orchestra Louis Bellson And His Orchestra The Louie Bellson Quartet The Coronets Louie Bellson’s Magic 7 Louis Bellson’s Just Jazz All Stars The Louis Bellson Octet The Giants Of Jazz Milt Hinton Trio Jazz Giants 1958 Louie Bellson’s Big Band Explosion!
ex Ray Brown Trio, The Oscar Peterson Quartet
ex Ray Brown Trio, The Oscar Peterson Quartet
Italian-American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator.
Born: 6 July 1924 in Rock Falls, Illinois.
Died: 14 February 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
Married to singer Pearl Bailey (1952 -1990, her death).
Married to producer Francine Bellson (1992-2009, his death).
Older brother of drummer Tony Bellson. Father of jazz singer Dee Dee Bellson.
Credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums, a set-up he already used at the age of 15. He received the prestigious Jazz Masters Award from the US National Endowment of the Arts in 1994 and was made a “Living Legend” by the Kennedy Centre in 2007.
