Sammy Lowe (May 14, 1918, Birmingham, Alabama – February 17, 1993, Birmingham) was an American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor.

Career

Lowe was active both in jazz and in R&B music, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. From the 1930s to the late 1950s, he arranged music and played trumpet for the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra. He is present on many recordings of Erskine. He also recorded with alto saxophonist Bobby Smith and made arrangements for Dud Bascomb. From the late 1950s until his semi-retirement in 1990, he arranged music for Nina Simone (1967), Al Hirt, Benny Goodman, Connie Francis, Sam Cooke, The Softones, The Tokens, The Platters, Brook Benton, Sylvia, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Cameo, Little Peggy March, Della Reese, Panama Francis and Pat Thomas among others. He is perhaps best known for being one of James Brown's arrangers, including on the hits "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and "Prisoner of Love".

Sammy Lowe

Lowe was one of the first inductees to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

Sammy Lowe

Discography

As leader

1964: Hitsville, USA (RCA)

Sammy Lowe

As sideman

With Willis Jackson

Soul Grabber (Prestige, 1967)

References

[ Sammy Lowe] at Allmusic

1918 births

1993 deaths

Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama

American jazz trumpeters

American male trumpeters

American session musicians

James Brown Orchestra members

20th-century American musicians

Jazz musicians from Alabama

American male jazz musicians

20th-century American male musicians