Sammy Lowe

American jazz musician

For the: English cricketer, see Sam Lowe.

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".

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