Lou Bennett Trio Live in Paris - 1971 (audio only)

Lou Bennett Trio Live in Paris, January 1971.
-Lineup;
Lou Bennett: hammond organ
Ira Kriss: guitar
Billy Brooks: drums
-Setlist:
01. Round Midnight
02. On Green Dolphin Street

Lou Bennett (May 18, 1926, Philadelphia – February 10, 1997, Paris).
Lou Bennett began his career as a bop pianist in the early 1950s. It was hearing Master of the Hammond Jimmy Smith that turned his head around and led him to switching over to the Hammond from 1956 and never looking back. Shortly after that he put a trio together and began touring, primarily the US from 1957 to 1959. He landed in Paris in 1960, promptly loving the vibe, the town and the people, expatriated and set up shop at the Paris Blue Note, along with Jimmy Gourley and Kenny Clarke, occasionally gigging with René Thomas. It wasn’t until 1964 that Lou Bennett made a brief return to the U.S., appearing at the 1964 Newport Jazz Festival before going back and settling in Paris, primarily touring France and Spain and becoming one of the leading exponents of Jazz Organ throughout the 70s and 80s. Bennett died in Paris in 1997.
He recorded a considerable amount as leader and sideman, primarily for European labels which weren’t available in the U.S. except via Import, which might explain the relative lack of recognition by American Jazz fans in favor of the huge fan base Bennett had via Europe.

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