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Lou Marini
real name Louis William Marini Jr.
Charleston, United States
Lou Marini is credited on 1,199 releases across 262 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,199
Credits
262
Albums
7
Decades active
661
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Biography
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Lou Marini aka Blue Lou is an American saxophonist (primarily), but also flutist and clarinetist, arranger, composer and clinician... very active as a session musician.
Born 13 May 1945 in Charleston, South Carolina (USA). Owner of Hip Pickles Music publishing.
Member of Blood, Sweat And Tears in the early 1970s, member of The Saturday Night Live Band orchestra from 1975 to 1983, and an original member of The Blues Brothers Band. Musical director of the Brianza Blues Festival in Monza, Italy.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,199 releases · 262 albums · active 1966–2025
- Performance · 2,195
- Other credits · 232
- Production · 2
Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · A&R Studios · Universal Amphitheatre · Mediasound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Bat Out Of Hell
1977

Briefcase Full Of Blues
1978

The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1980

Freeze-Frame
1981

Night In The Ruts
1979

Two Against Nature
2000

Zappa In New York
1977

Wanted Dread & Alive
1981

Made In America
1980

Sally Can't Dance
1974

Kamakiriad
1993

Cheek To Cheek
2014

Dead Ringer
1981

Mystic Man
1979

The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978

Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars
1977

Ringo's Rotogravure
1976

October Road
2002

Forever, For Always, For Love
1982

Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago
2002

Off To See The Lizard
1989

...And Then He Kissed Me
1981

Bad For Good
1981

Sesame Street Fever
1978
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