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Louie Bellson

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Drummer
Died
Feb 14, 2009
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
IL
About
Jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader who was known to improvise his arrangements and who performed with Benny Goodman early in his career. He was the 1994 recipient of the American Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Family
He was married to Pearl Bailey until her death and then remarried Francine Bellson.

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