"I have to give just dues to two guys who really got me off on the drums - Big Sid Catlett and Jo Jones. 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. Louie graduated from Moline High School, Moline, IL, in 1939. At age 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Slingerland National Gene Krupa contest. His detailed sketch earned him an 'A' in his high school art class. At age 15, he pioneered the double-bass drum set-up. Louie Bellson was born in Rock Falls, Illinois, in 1924 and started playing drums at three years of age. Mention: Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society (1978) PAS Hall of Fame
Teachers: Roy Knapp, Murray Spivack, Tommy Thomas elected to the Percussive Arts Society "Hall of Fame" (1978)
Studies: Augustana College, Illinois (1942)
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