Sammy Lowe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sammy Lowe

American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor

Date of Birth: 14-May-1918

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1993

Profession: conductor, record producer, music arranger, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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