Blue Lou

"Blue Lou" is a 1933 jazz standard. It was written by Edgar Sampson and copyrighted in 1935 with the help of the publishing company of Irving Mills.[1]

This article is about the jazz standard. For the saxophonist, see Lou Marini. For the album by Louis Hayes, see Blue Lou (album).

The first recording was made by Benny Carter and his Orchestra on October 16. 1933. Followed by Chick Webb in 1934 and Fletcher Henderson in 1936. It makes strong use of the half-diminished chord, described by some musicologists as "the" bebop chord. Charlie Shavers recorded a version of the standard in 1944 accompanied by Milt Hinton and J. C. Heard.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Blue Lou". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. Tyle, Chris. "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Blue Lou)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.


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