Louis Bellson Dies
Posted on February 16th, 2009
This last Saturday, St. Valentine’s Day, one of the world’s greatest all-time drummers died. Louis was in poor health of late after injuries from a debilitating fall. However, the exact details for the reason for his passing, as of the writing, are still not clear.
With Gene, Buddy, Cozy and Max gone, Louis was the last of the pantheon of the set-drumming gods of my youth.
There are hundreds of tributes to Louis Bellson on the web. Here is a wonderful one from Hudson Music.
-Joe
