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Soar Like an Eagle 5:320:00/5:32
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Well Alright Then 5:000:00/5:00
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Love (Instrumental) 2:370:00/2:37
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No One But God 2:370:00/2:37
Welcome to the Bellson Beat!
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1924 – 2024
LB100 – A Centennial Celebration!
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Celebrating 100 years
of the Enduring works of LOUIE BELLSON
Louie Bellson was deemed “the world’s greatest musician” by Duke Ellington, “the epitome of musical talent and a very gifted composer and arranger” by Oscar Peterson, and “the best person I ever met” by Tony Bennett.
He performed on more than 200 albums with a range of artists, including Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Oscar Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Wayne Newton, and Bellson's first wife Pearl Bailey.
Bellson composed more than 1,000 pieces and wrote a dozen books on drums and percussion. He received the prestigious American Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994. He was also the recipient of awards from ASCAP and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, was a six-time Grammy nominee, and held four honorary doctorates.
Click pic for Bio VIDEO
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For full bio, click Bio & Beyond page.
For more quotes with photos, click Celebrity Quotes page.
Then, write your say in the Guestbook .
Celebrate LB100 All Year long!
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BELLSON MUSIC FEST 6-8-2024 ~ Rock Falls, Illinois
Video
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Click pic of Mrs. B at event billboard for VIDEO (10 min) of the Bellson Music Fest 2024, A Celebration of Louie Bellson.
(For your convenience, 10-hr Fest edited down to 10-min video!)
TV Interviews
LB100 TV News
(click, play, enjoy!)
Fri June 7 - Here are the 2 with Mrs. B and Josh Duffee
1st wk of July - These 3 feature Josh Duffee
Explore A Remarkable Life
From Youth . . . to Legend . . .
. . . The Beat Goes On !