“Blue Lou” by the Sullivan Fortner Trio with Tyrone Allen II and Kayvon Gordon, Atlantis, Basel, 2 March 2026

For me, the highlight of tonight's Offbeat Jazz concert by pianist Sullivan Fortner’s trio with bassist Tyrone Allen II and drummer Kayvon Gordon was their performance of “Blue Lou”, a 1934 composition by Edgar Sampson (who also wrote “Stompin’ at the Savoy” in 1933) that Fortner and his bandmates