Tommy Linehan (arr. Lou Singer): Calliope Blues
436 views · Published 26 August 2016 · 3:05 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music
Phillip Sear plays a 1941 piano transcription by Lou Singer of a piece from the repertoire of the Woody Herman Orchestra.
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The American bandleader and clarinettist Woody Herman needs little introduction here. This piece comes from a set of arrangements by Lou Singer of pieces apparently 'as played by Tommy Linehan'. Linehan—the composer of this piece—was a pianist in Herman's band from the 1930s. Louis ('Lou') C. Singer (1913–66) was a child prodigy pianist who later became an arranger for Duke Ellington in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a percussionist, appearing on sessions in the 1950s with Peggy Lee, Harry Belafonte and others. A calliope is a steam-, gas-, or compressed air-driven portable pipe organ, typically used at fairgrounds or circuses.
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