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Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009),〔(Louie Bellson's Official Web site ) Accessed Feb 16, 2009〕 known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums.〔(National Endowment for the Arts biography of Louis Bellson ) Accessed January 2009.〕 Bellson was an internationally acclaimed artist who performed in most of the major capitals around the world. Bellson and his wife, the actress and singer Pearl Bailey (married 1952–1990), had the second highest number of appearances at the White House (only Bob Hope had more). He was a vice president at Remo, a drum company.〔 He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1985.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014 )〕 ==Biography== Louie Bellson was born in Rock Falls, Illinois, in 1924, and started playing drums at three years of age. At age 15, he pioneered the double-bass drum set-up. At age 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Slingerland National Gene Krupa contest. Louie graduated from Moline High School, Moline, IL, in 1942.〔〔(Allmusic biography. Louis Bellson ) Accessed January 2009.〕 His detailed sketch earned him an 'A' in his high school art class. In an interview in 2005 with Jazz Connection Magazine he credited Papa Jo Jones and Big Sid Catlett as influences as well as Chick Webb. "I have to give just dues to two guys who really got me off on the drums – Big Sid Catlett and Jo Jones. They were my influences. All three of us realized what Jo Jones did and it influenced a lot of us. We all three looked to Jo as the 'Papa' who really did it. Gene helped bring the drums to the foreground as a solo instrument. Buddy was a great natural player. But we also have to look back at Chick Webb's contributions, too." In 1943, he performed with the Benny Goodman band and Peggy Lee in ''The Powers Girl'',〔(''The Powers Girl'' (1943) full cast and crew at IMDB )〕 the first of his many film appearances. He also appeared in 20th Century Fox's classic ''The Gang's All Here'' (1943) in the orchestra while Carmen Miranda sang "Paducah". Bellson was 24 and a veteran of a U.S. Army band when he joined Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, Mel Powell, Kenny Dorharn, Harry Babasin, Al Hendrickson, Buck Washington, and Goodman for the Howard Hawks film ''A Song Is Born'' (1948). Between 1943 and 1952, Bellson performed with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Duke Ellington (for whom he wrote "Skin Deep" and "The Hawk Talks"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louie Bellson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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