Big Band Serenade 193 Louie Bellson Drummer Extraordinaire
b'Referred to by Duke Ellington as \\u201cnot only the world\\u2019s greatest drummer...(but also) the world\\u2019s greatest musician!\\u201d, Louie Bellson has expressed himself on drums since age three. At 15, he pioneered the double bass drum set-up. At 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Gene Krupa drumming contest.\\n He has performed on more than 200 albums with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Wayne Newton and Bellson\\u2019s late wife Pearl Bailey.'