[Dixielandjazz] More on Louie Bellson

[David Richoux]

Louie lived for quite a while in the San Jose area, had a lot of  
influence on local musicians around these parts. Here is an article  
from the San Jose Mercury News today:

http://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/ci_11718444  (don't know if you  
have to register to read it.)

I met him a few times at various local events, a very nice guy for  
being a "Star..."

Dave Richoux

On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Hal Vickery wrote:

> Nice stuff with the NIU Jazz Ensemble.  Bellson was one of my  
> favorite drummers just because of his musicality.  I'll miss him.
>
> I'm an NIU alumnus, and it is kind of gratifying that he played one  
> of his last gigs with the Jazz Ensemble, a group that began when I  
> was a student there around 1970.  An odd bit of trivia:  Apparently  
> one of Bellson's last gigs was with the NIU Jazz Ensemble.  One of  
> Duke Ellington's last gigs was at NIU, which named the ballroom in  
> which the concert was played after him.
>
> Hal Vickery
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>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] More on Louie Bellson
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>
>  Here's a tribute write up and a pic of us in Dallas:
>
>  http://drummersforjesus.com/<http://drummersforjesus.com/>
>
>
>  Also, here's a video of him playing in Illinois a short 4 months ago.
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RccdlMag5pk<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RccdlMag5pk 
> >
>
>
>  Sadly,
>  Bill