Lou Bennett (May 18, 1926,

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– February 10, 1997,

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) was an American

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organist. Bennett first played

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on piano, but started playing organ in 1956 after hearing Jimmy Smith. Bennett toured the U.S. with an organ trio between 1957 and 1959, and then moved to Paris in 1960. There he recorded and performed at the Blue Note with

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and

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(as well as Rene Thomas); he returned to America only once, for the 1964

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. He also recorded in the 1960s with

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, Shirley Bunnie Foy and Franco Manzecchi. In the 1980s he played in his own quintet with Gerard Badini, among others. During this period he also toured extensively throughout Spain, including, Almeria, Barcelona, La Coruna, Segovia, and Madrid.

Discography

As leader

* ''Amen'' ( RCA Victor, 1960) * ''Dansez et Rêvez'' (RCA Victor, 1960) * ''Enfin!'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * ''Echoes and Rhythms of My Church'' ( Bel Air

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1964) * ''Lou Bennett et Son Quintette avec

'' P(Bel Air, 1964) * ''Pentacostal Feeling'' (

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, 1966; Gitanes, 2001) *

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, Lou Bennett: ''I Els Seus Amics'' ( Edigsa pain 1966) * ''La Vil Seducción'' (Sonoplay pain 1968; Fonomusic pain 1997) * ''Plays For Clem'' (Clem ermany 1971) * ''Live at Club Saint-Germain'' (

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, 1980) * ''Blue Lou's Blues'' (Caravage

1986) * ''Now Hear My Meaning'' (Mas pain 1993)

As sideman

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, ''That's All'' (Music For Pleasure

1983; EPM Musique, 1990) *

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, ''Body and Soul'' (Moon

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1967 el. 1989 *

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, ''Live in Europe 1961'' (Sonorama ermany 2015) * Jack Sels, ''Sax Appeal'' (Relax etherlands 1966) * Ximo Tebar, ''Hello Mr. Bennett'' (DM/Difusió Mediterranea, 1993; WEA, 1997) * Ximo Tebar, ''Son Mediterraneo'' (WEA, 1995) * Rene Thomas, ''Meeting Mister Thomas'' (Barclay, 1963; Gitanes, 2001) *

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, ''It's All Wright'' (BASF, 1973)

References

* Lou Bennettat

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Lou 1926 births 1997 deaths American jazz keyboardists Musicians from Philadelphia 20th-century American musicians Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania