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Zwischen 1943 und 1951 spielte er für Jazzgrößen wie Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey und Harry James. 1952 wechselte er zu Duke Ellington, für den er die Stücke Skin Deep und The Hawk Talks schrieb. 1952 heiratete er Pearl Bailey und verließ das Duke Ellington Orchestra, um für sie als musikalischer Leiter zu arbeiten.
1947 bis 1950 wirkte Louie Bellson bei Tommy Dorsey, der so begeistert von Bellsons doppelter Bass-Drum war, dass er ihn auf einer motorisierten Drehscheibe zur Schau stellte, damit die Leute optisch nachvollziehen konnten, was sie hörten. Während seines knappen Jahres bei Harry James musizierte er mit dem Altisten Willie Smith und dem ...
He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums. [1] Bellson and his wife, actress and singer Pearl Bailey [2] (married from 1952 until Bailey's death in 1990), had the second highest number of appearances at the White House (only Bob Hope had more).
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Louie Bellson, Bud Powell, Johnny Smith, Stan Getz, Lester Young, and many others made appearances. George Shearing's standard "Lullaby of Birdland" (1952) was named in the club's honor.
Home page of Louie Bellson Legacy -- the OFFICIAL Louie Bellson website!, a jazz artist. Louie Bellson – jazz & swing drummer, bandleader, composer. Played Ellington band. Invented double-bass drum. Recorded 200+ albums; wrote 1000+ songs.
17. Feb. 2009 · Mr. Bellson met the singer-actress Pearl Bailey in London in 1952, and they married two weeks later. “If that man looked at me the way he looks at his drums, I’d be delighted,” she once quipped.
18. Feb. 2009 · It was during this period that Bellson met Bailey, already a Broadway star, the couple travelling to London to marry in November 1952, certain that their Caxton Hall wedding would attract less...
