Louie Bellson, Legendary Jazz Drummer, 8x10 - Easy Digital Download!

One of the world's greatest drummers, Louie Bellson was also a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator.

He started playing drums at three years of age. At 15, he pioneered using two bass drums at the same time, a technique he invented in his high school art class.

At age 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Slingerland National Gene Krupa contest.