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 * Overviews**

Musical Roots of the Quad Cities
 * Mississippi Valley Blues Fest 1989

African American Influence in the Quad Cities

African American Entertainers

The Swing of the Quad Cities: A Brief Homage to the Local Jazz Tradition

From Steamboat Brass to Swinging Jazz
 * Article on Rolfe


 * People**

The Career of Drummer Extraordinaire Louie Bellson

Louis Bellson
 * Arts Alley Plaque
 * Augie 1985
 * Bellson gravesite
 * Honors Plaque
 * Bellson Day Article 1
 * Bellson Day Article 2
 * May 9 1972 Key
 * Moline HS
 * Moline Honors Wall
 * RME Bellson Day
 * RME Exhibit 1
 * RME Exhibit 2
 * RME Wall
 * Young Louie

Fate Marable
 * Fate Marable Article
 * Fate Marable Ad

Bix Beiderbecke

Louis Armstrong Brings Blues and Jazz to the QCA

A Struggle for Civil Rights in Rock Island: Nat King Cole and the Ft. Armstrong Hotel
 * Ad for Cole at the Horseshoe Lounge


 * Places**

The Col Ballroom Dances the Night Away

W.D. Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion
 * Photo: Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion

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