Blue Lou

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"Blue Lou" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, widely performed and recorded by big bands in the 1930s and beyond.

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Blue Lou canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedPeriod 1930s ⓘ
associatedWithScene Harlem swing scene ⓘ
cataloguedAs swing-era jazz standard ⓘ
composer Edgar Sampson ⓘ
culturalContext American popular music of the 1930s ⓘ
era swing era ⓘ
firstPopularityPeak 1930s ⓘ
form 32-bar song form ⓘ
formType AABA ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasLyrics true ⓘ
hasTitleColorWord blue ⓘ
influencedBy early swing arranging practices ⓘ
isInstrumentalStandard true ⓘ
isJazzStandard true ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Irving Mills ⓘ
notablePerformer Artie Shaw ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ
Charlie Barnet ⓘ
Chick Webb ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
Gene Krupa ⓘ
Glenn Miller ⓘ
Jimmie Lunceford ⓘ
notableRecordingEra 78 rpm era ⓘ
performanceContext big band jazz ⓘ
jam session repertoire ⓘ
publicationYear 1933 ⓘ
style big band arrangement ⓘ
subjectMatter romantic and emotional themes ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation rhythm section ⓘ
saxophone section ⓘ
trombone section ⓘ
trumpet section ⓘ
typicalTempo medium-up swing ⓘ
usedFor improvisation features for soloists ⓘ
showcasing big band ensemble writing ⓘ

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