James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician. He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the '' Billy Jack'' soundtrack and music for ''

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'', and worked with

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's Trio in the 1990s.

Early life, family and education

The son of a Baptist minister, Lowe grew up on a farm in Shady Grove,

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(near

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). He started playing guitar when he was eight years old, with his father and sister acting as his first teachers.

Career

When he was thirteen years old, he began running away from home to play in bands. Occasionally his father would find him, bring him home, and warn him about the dangers of whiskey. At sixteen, Lowe worked in Nashville on the ''

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'' radio program. He was a member of the

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orchestra before serving in the military during World War II. At basic training, he became friends with John Hammond, who organized weekend jam sessions. He performed in an Army dance band while in Guadalcanal. After his discharge, he called Hammond, looking for work, and Hammond sent him to

Ray McKinley Ray McKinley (June 18, 1910 – May 7, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader. He played drums and later led the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra in Europe. He also led the new Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956. ...

. He spent two years with McKinley's big band in New York City. He joined the

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orchestra, then worked intermittently for the next few years at

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and other clubs in New York. In 1950, he was hired by

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as a staff musician. He and Ed Shaughnessy were members of the ''

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'' band for over ten years. Lowe acted in an episode of the ''

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'' television show that included

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and live music by

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) ...

. On the weekends he played jazz, sometimes getting permission from NBC to leave for six-month periods. In the jazz world he played with

Jimmy Dorsey James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards " I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary Peopl ...

and

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombone, trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-to ...

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Red Norvo Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His recor ...

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of beb ...

, Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, and

Lester Young Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most i ...

. He composed and arranged for NBC. He was responsible for introducing pianist Bill Evans to record producer Orrin Keepnews, resulting in Evans's first recordings as a leader. In 1965 he moved to Los Angeles and worked for NBC as a staff guitarist, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for the TV shows ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Starsky & Hutch'', and ''The Wild Wild West'', and the movies '' Satan in High Heels'' (1962), '' A Time for Killing'' (1967), '' Billy Jack'' (1971), '' Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)'' (1972), '' Sidewinder 1'' (1977) and '' Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo'' (1977). He recorded with

Carmen McRae Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretati ...

and

Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "List of nicknames of jazz musicians, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

. During the 1980s, he worked with

Tete Montoliu Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through Afro-Cuban, ...

, and the Great Guitars. He was a teacher at the Guitar Institute of Technology and the Grove School of Music. For several years, he was music director of the

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. During his career, he worked with

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Theodore Kirk; August 7, 1935Kernfeld, Barry.Kirk, Roland" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd ed. Ed. Barry Kernfeld. ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Music Online''. ''Grove Dictionary of M ...

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

Fats Navarro Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 7, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fa ...

Shirley Scott Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues, and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in P ...

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, and

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. In the later decades of his life he collaborated often with flautist Holly Hoffmann. At the age of 93, he released the album ''Poor Butterfly''. Lowe was married to singer Betty Bennett, his third wife, for 42 years. In his last years, the couple lived in San Diego. He died on December 2, 2017, at the age of 95.

Discography

As leader

* '' The Mundell Lowe Quartet'' ( Riverside, 1955) * '' Guitar Moods'' (Riverside, 1956) * '' New Music of Alec Wilder'' (Riverside, 1956) * '' A Grand Night for Swinging'' (Riverside, 1957) * '' Porgy & Bess'' (

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, 1959) * '' TV Action Jazz!'' (RCA Camden, 1959) * '' Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz'' (RCA Camden, 1960) * '' Satan in High Heels'' (Charlie Parker, 1961)/''Blues for a Stripper'' (Charlie Parker, 1962) * ''California Guitar'' (Famous Door, 1973) * ''Guitar Player'' (Dobre, 1977) * ''Sweet 'n' Lovely 1'' (Fresh Sound, 1991) * ''Sweet 'n' Lovely 2'' (Fresh Sound, 1991) * ''Mundell's Moods'' (Nagel Heyer Records, 2000)

As sideman

With

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* ''Holiday in Braff'' (

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, 1955) * ''Easy Now'' (

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, 1959) * ''You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me'' (Stere-o-Craft, 1959) With

Chris Connor Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer. Biography Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Sh ...

* ''Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song'' (

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, 1957) * ''I Miss You So'' (Atlantic, 1957) * ''Chris Craft'' (Atlantic, 1958) * ''Witchcraft'' (Atlantic, 1959) * ''At the Village Gate'' (FM, 1963) With

* ''

'' (Bethlehem, 1954) * ''

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'' (

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, 1956) * '' Birds of a Feather'' (Decca, 1958) * '' Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics'' (

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, 1962) * '' The Complete Ralph Burns Sessions (New York 1955, 1958)'' (Phoenix Records, 2012) With

* '' Uptown'' (

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, 1990) * '' Old Friends'' (Telarc, 1992) * '' What Headphones?'' (

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, 1993) * '' André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat'' (

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, 1995) * '' Jazz at the Musikverein'' ( Verve, 1997) With Felicia Sanders * ''That Certain Feeling'' (Decca, 1958) * ''I Wish You Love'' (Time, 1960) * ''Felicia Sanders'' (Time, 1964) With

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* ''Both Sides of Tony Scott'' (RCA Victor, 1956) * ''The Touch of Tony Scott'' (RCA Victor, 1956) * ''Gypsy'' (Fresh Sound, 1987) With others *

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, ''...and All That Jazz'' (Dot, 1959) * Steve Allen, ''Steve Allen at the Roundtable'' (

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, 1959) *

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer ...

, ''Louie Rides Again!'' (Percussion Power, 1974) * Betty Bennett, ''The Song Is You'' (Fresh Sound, 1992) *

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, '' My Heart Sings'' ( Columbia, 1961) * Tony Bennett, ''

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'' (CBS, 1965) *

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, ''Shortcake'' (

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, 1994) * Will Bradley & Johnny Guarnieri, ''Big Band Boogie'' (RCA, 1974) * Les Brown, ''Digital Swing'' (

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, 1987) *

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, '' Late Date with Ruth Brown'' (Atlantic, 1959) *

, ''Live and Well in Japan!'' (Pablo, 1978) * Benny Carter, '' Elegy in Blue'' (MusicMasters, 1994) * Russ Case, ''Dances Wild'' (Vik, 1957) *

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, '' Bittersweet White Light'' (MCA, 1973) *

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, '' Son of Drum Suite'' (RCA Victor, 1961) * Betty Comden,

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, ''Remember These'' (Ava, 1963) *

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, '' Everything Must Change'' (Warner Bros., 1976) * Jackie Davis, ''Most Happy Hammond'' (Capitol, 1958) * Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges, ''Con-Soul and Sax'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * Wild Bill Davis, ''Free Frantic and Funky'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * Sammy Davis Jr., ''Mood to Be Wooed'' (Decca, 1958) * Sammy Davis Jr., ''Try a Little Tenderness'' (Decca, 1965) *

Blossom Dearie Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City ov ...

, '' Once Upon a Summertime'' (Verve, 1958) * Don Elliott, ''Music for the Sensational Sixties'' (Design, 1958) * Don Elliott, '' Counterpoint for Six Valves'' (Riverside, 1959) *

, '' Rhythm Is My Business'' (Verve, 1962) * Jimmy Forrest, '' Soul Street'' (New Jazz, 1964) *

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, '' The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin'' (Columbia, 1962) *

, ''The New Benny Goodman Sextet'' (Philips, 1954) * Marty Gold, ''Swingin' West'' (RCA Victor, 1960) * Eydie Gorme, ''Blame It On the Bossa Nova'' (Columbia, 1963) * Johnny Guarnieri, ''The Duke Again'' (Coral, 1957) * Donna Hightower, ''Take One!'' (Capitol, 1959) *

& Wild Bill Davis, '' Blue Rabbit'' (Verve, 1964) * Kenyon Hopkins &

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, ''The Sound of New York'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959) *

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, ''

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'' (Mercury, 1964) *

Deane Kincaide Robert Deane Kincaide (March 18, 1911 – August 14, 1992) was an American jazz reedman. Kincaide was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Decatur, Illinois. He began playing professionally and working as an arranger in the early 1930s. He worked ...

, ''The Solid South'' (Everest, 1959) *

Morgana King Maria Grazia Morgana Messina (June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018), better known as Morgana King, was an American jazz singer and actress.Liner notes by Joel Dorn – Morgana King album ''The Complete Reprise Recordings'' (2000).Liner notes by Ed Osb ...

, ''With a Taste of Honey'' (Mainstream, 1964) * Morgana King, ''A Taste of Honey'' (Mainstream, 1971) * Al Klink, ''Progressive Jazz'' (Grand Award, 1956) *

, '' Somethin' Groovy!'' (Capitol, 1967) *

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, '' 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe'' (Arista, 1984) *

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

, '' Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd'' (Atlantic, 1965) * Marty Manning, ''The Twilight Zone'' (Columbia, 1961) *

's Orchestra Arr. by Eddie Sauter, ''Borderline'' (Savoy, 1955) *

Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording ''Helen Merrill (album), Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associat ...

, ''American Country Songs'' (Atco, 1959) *

Hugo Montenegro Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ...

, ''Bongos and Brass'' (Time, 1960) * Joe Mooney, ''The Happiness of Joe Mooney'' (Columbia, 1965) *

, ''"Bird" Is Free'' (Charlie Parker Records, 1961) *

, ''Parker Plus Strings'' (Charlie Parker Records, 1983) *

Michael Parks Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor who made numerous film and television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series '' Then Came Bronson.'' He was widely known ...

, ''You Don't Know Me'' (First American, 1981) * Esther Phillips, ''And I Love Him'' (Atlantic, 1965) *

Arthur Prysock Arthur Prysock Jr. (January 1, 1924 According to his obituary in ''The New York Times'', "his heavy, deep voice projected a calm, reassuring virility." Life and career Prysock was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Many sources give his birt ...

, ''Arthur Prysock Sings Only for You'' (Old Town, 1962) *

Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blu ...

, ''Til Morning'' (Columbia, 1958) *

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, '' Let Me in Your Life'' (People, 1973) *

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, ''And Now I Sing!'' (Seeco, 1961) *

Spike Robinson Henry Bertholf "Spike" Robinson (January 16, 1930 – October 29, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began playing at age twelve, recording on several labels, including Discovery, Hep and Concord. However, he sought an engineering ...

, ''Reminiscin'' (Capri, 1992) * Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, ''Straight Down the Middle'' (RCA Victor, 1958) *

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, '' New Fantasy'' (Verve, 1964) *

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, ''Very Truly Yours'' (Savoy, 1984) *

, '' For Members Only'' (Impulse!, 1964) *

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, ''Rock with Sedaka'' (RCA Victor, 1959) * Jack Sheldon, ''Singular'' (Beez, 1980) * Jack Sheldon, ''Playin' It Straight'' (M&K, 1981) * Hymie Shertzer, ''All the King's Saxes'' (Disneyland, 1958) * George Siravo, ''Seductive Strings by Siravo'' (Time, 1961) * Rex Stewart & Peanuts Hucko, ''Dedicated Jazz'' (Jazztone, 1956) * Ted Straeter, ''Ted Straeter's New York'' (Atlantic, 1955) *

, ''Shock Music in Hi-Fi'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) * Creed Taylor, ''Ping Pang Pong the Swinging Ball'' (ABC-Paramount, 1960) * Kiri Te Kanawa, ''Kiri Sidetracks'' (Philips, 1992) * Cal Tjader, ''Gozame! Pero Ya...'' (Concord Jazz Picante, 1980) *

, ''Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi'' (Columbia, 1955) * Sarah Vaughan, ''After Hours (1961 Sarah Vaughan album), After Hours'' (Roulette, 1961) * Patty Weaver, ''Feelings'' (SE, 1976) * Patty Weaver, ''Patty Weaver Sings "As Time Goes By"'' (SE, 1976) *

, ''The Soul of Ben Webster'' (Verve, 1960) * Lee Wiley, ''A Touch of the Blues'' (RCA Victor, 1958)

References

External links

NAMM Oral History Interview
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