I have written about Louie
bellson on this website. I’ve discussed meeting him via Larrie Londin, and about some of the tips he shared about using double bass drums, and also about just how “far ahead of his time” he was with his drum set-up. It is sad, that on February 14, 2009; at the age of 84, that he left us. He was not only a great drummer and bandleader; he was also a great teacher and musical educator. Here is the link to the official Louie Bell...
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I was watching the YOU TUBE video of a 1957 Louie
bellson performance of a tune called “Skin Deep”. I have found out that this rather different version of that famous solo was filmed during his appearance on the Nat King Cole television show. Wow.....fifty-one years ago!
I had the pleasure of meeting Louie Bellson, and hanging out with him and Larrie Londin, at the Nashville Local 257 of the American Federation of Musicians "old hall" on Division Street, back in the l...
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