Lou Stein
Louis " Lou" Stone ( born April 22, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 11, 2002 in Litchfield (Connecticut) ) was an American jazz pianist and studio musician.
Life and work
Stone first played alto saxophone before switching to piano. In the late 1930s, he was jamming with Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Ventura and Bill Harris. His professional career as a pianist began in 1942 in the band of Ray McKinley; during the Second World War, he served band at Glenn Miller's Air Force. 1946/47, he again worked at McKinley and then at Charlie Ventura. Its written in this time composition East of Suez is one of the first jazz compositions that did not follow the song form. After that, he was used primarily as a session musician working and has participated in recordings of the band of Yank Lawson / Bob Haggart, with Al " Jazzbo " Collins, Benny Goodman, Sarah Vaughan, the Sauter - Finegan Orchestra, Louie Bellson, Red Allen, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker ( Charlie Parker with Strings ), Joe Newman, Cootie Williams and Lester Young with. From 1954, a number of albums that he recorded as a bandleader was born. In 1957 he had with " Almost Paradise " a hit in the U.S. Billboard charts, followed by " Got A Match" in 1958. Subsequently he wrote jingles and worked mainly in the commercial sector. From 1969 to 1972 he played with Joe Venuti, and later with Flip Phillips. Until the 1990s, he put recordings under his own name, against, inter alia, on the Chiaroscuro label.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Lou Stein Trio (Brunswick, 1954)
- Six for kicks (Jubilee, 1954)
- Tribute to Tatum ( Chiaroscuro, 1976)
- Lou Stein & Friends ( Jazz World, 1980)
- Temple of the Gods ( Chiaroscuro, 1980)
- Go Daddy! ( Pullen Music, 1994)
Lexigraphic entries
- Carlo Bohländer: Reclams jazz leader. Stuttgart 1970