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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