Josh Duffee has it all planned. “I’ve mapped out my route,” the 28-year-old drummer said with a smile. A carefully marked schedule for this weekend’s Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival ensures ...

The lives of Davenport drummer and jazz expert Josh Duffee and world-renowned drummer Louie Bellson have been inextricably linked for years. Louie Bellson was born 100 years ago, July 6, 1924 in Rock ...

Josh Duffee of Davenport owns a collection of 1920s jazz photographs and instruments. During the 1998 Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Memorial Festival, Duffee played in the first-ever Bix Youth Band. This ...

DAVENPORT — At age 17, Moline's own Louie Bellson famously won the Slingerland National Gene Krupa drumming contest, chosen by the most famous drummer in jazz out of 40,000 hopefuls, changing his life ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Start your Bix 7 experience on a high note with the free Bix Jazz & Family Jam set to be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 25 at Kaiserslautern Square Park, 119 East Third Street.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — One of the longest-running music festivals in the Quad Cities is officially underway, bringing five straight days of jazz performances, community events and tributes to one of ...

DAVENPORT — Josh Duffee was just 3 years old in 1982. The Moline native and classic-jazz drummer is premiering his new synth-pop cover band, Class of '82, Friday night to pay tribute to that era. "I ...

ROCK FALLS, Ill. (KWQC) -Rock Falls Tourism is incredibly excited to present the 3rd annual Bellson Music Fest on June 8 at the RB&W District Park Amphitheater, 201 East 2nd Street, Rock Falls. The ...

ROCK FALLS, Ill. (KWQC) - The 4th annual Bellson Music Fest is set to take place on June 7. Rock Falls Tourism said the event is being organized in close association with Bellson’s widow Francine ...