Lou Stein

Louis "Lou" Stein (born April 22, 1922 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † December 11, 2002 in Litchfield (Connecticut) ) was an American jazz pianist and studio musician .

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Stein first played the alto saxophone before switching to the piano. In the late 1930s, he jammed with Buddy DeFranco , Charlie Ventura, and Bill Harris . His professional pianist career began in Ray McKinley's band in 1942 ; during World War II he served with Glenn Miller's Air Force Band . In 1946/47 he worked again at McKinley and then at Charlie Ventura. His composition East of Suez , written at this time, is one of the first jazz compositions that was not based on the song form . After that he worked mainly as a session musician and was involved in recordings in 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 onwards he also made a number of albums, which he recorded as a band leader. In 1957 he had a hit on the American Billboard charts with “Almost Paradise”, followed by “Got A Match” in 1958. He then wrote jingles and was mainly active in the commercial sector. From 1969 to 1972 he played with Joe Venuti , later with Flip Phillips . Until the 1990s he made recordings under his own name, u. a. on the Chiaroscuro label.

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Stone, Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stein, Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz pianist and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH	December 11, 2002
Place of death	Litchfield (Connecticut)