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The Race
To honor the memory of Moline, IL native and world acclaimed music legend Louie Bellson, the inaugural running of the "Louie Bellson 5K Memorial Drum Roll" road race will take place in Moline Sat Oct 16, 2010. Proceeds will go to support music education in Illinois Quad City public schools.
Louie Bellson Memorial Race



Mail-In Registration
<-- Click the logo to download the Application form and fill it out. Mail your completed form and registration fee to the address given on the form.

Race Hotline: (309) 752-8429




Attn: Interested Sponsors!!
We are currently seeking sponsors for the race, both local and national. Contact: Rob Moon, Race Director bellsonmemorial5k@gmail.com or (708) 288-1168.
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Mrs. B thoroughly enjoyed the presentations of Bellson N. Californian drumming proteges David Garibaldi (Tower of Power) and Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta) at DRUM! Magazine's Rhythm Night held at the San Jose Repertory Theatre. The program had been planned as a fundraiser for cancer patient drummer Richie Hayward (Little Feat) who, most unfortunately, passed away just 1 day before the event.
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Mrs. B welcomed drummer/historian Daniel Glass at Lemmon Percussion in San Jose, the first stop on his West Coast Clinic Tour.
Here's a pic Mrs. B took of Daniel & Louie (circa 2001) during one of their many interviews documenting drum history. (Click photo for DG website.) --->
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Mrs. B gave testimony about her trip to Moline, IL in May to dedicate the Bellson Monument. Grateful for the support of those who attended the service at Sherman Oaks United Methodist Church in southern Calif, she was pleasantly surprised by the attendance of Bellson long-time friend and colleague, Tonight Show drummer Ed Shaughnessy who said, simply, "I came to honor my friend Louie." Blessings, Ed!
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Louie Bellson colleague and friend English drummer
Martin Drew passed away July 29, in London. He was a devoted jazz drummer for Oscar Peterson and the house drummer at the celebrated London nightclub Ronnie Scott's.
Share memories in the Guestbook.

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See clip from WQAD-TV News story on unveiling the Bellson Monument in Moline, Illinois (Quad-Cities) on 5-20-10.

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You are invited to tell how your life was touched by the life of LOUIE BELLSON,
born July 6, 1924, by sharing your remembrance in the Guestbook.

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May 20, Moline, IL. Despite Mrs. B's tornado-delayed plane, (some) attendees' hours-long drive in the rain from all over Illinois, not to mention the constant rain during the entire ceremony, stalwart fans could not be deterred from expressing their respect for Louie Bellson at the official unveiling of the headstone monument by designer Mrs. B. (See Homepage for design of frontside of stone).

Guests included family, friends, clergy; Ill. state Rep.; former Mayor of Rock Falls (Bellson's birth city); Chicago Deputy Sheriff; Author of upcoming book on Italians in Jazz; RME Museum Director; Educators; Drummers from Symphony and Jazz.

Click links below for articles and more photos.



May 16, Quad-City Times, "Bellson's widow keeping his musical legacy alive"





May 20, Moline Dispatch, "Bellson beat goes on"







May 21, Quad-City Times, "Family, friends memorialize jazz great"






May 21, Moline Dispatch, "Honoring a legend"








30 PHOTOS by Dispatch photographer John Greenwood and Quad-Cities Times photographer John Schultz.

Text: Illinois Resolution HR169 by state Rep. Mike Boland.

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American jazz master and Illinois native son Louie Bellson will be honored in two observances this week in the Q-C (Quad-Cities) Illinois area.




May 20, 2010

4:30 pm -- Monument Dedication - Riverside Cemetery - Moline, IL
6:00 pm -- Reception/Concert - River Music Experience Museum - Davenport, IA


Click River Music Experience or Mrs. B's Calendar for info.

Bellson's display at River Music Experience Museum, Davenport, IA. (Right next to Bix's!) -->
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