Jazz Guitarist Mundell Lowe

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Jeff Harbour
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Jazz Guitarist Mundell Lowe

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We have lost jazz guitar great Mundell Lowe at age 95. Somewhere I have an early 90s episode of Main Street Jazz (from PBS I think) which featured Mundell, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Charlie Byrd jamming out. All were in their 70's at the time, but still cookin'! Great player from a great era.
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Mundell Lowe was truly a Jazz Guitar icon. I recall reading that he learned a lot from listening to the great piano player, Art Tatum. He had a wonderful career, having played with some of the greatest Jazz artists of all time. May he RIP.
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Godspeed Mr. Lowe


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Great player from a great era.
Well said, Jeff.
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Barry Blackwood wrote:
Great player from a great era.
Well said, Jeff.
Yup, the greatest generation...
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Bill R. Baker
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Mundell Lowe

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Mississippi Home of America's Music is the new slogan
that appears on our car tags in Mississippi. Mundell
is one of the reasons for this - he grew up near
Laurel, Mississippi.
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I guess Bucky is the only one left of the great jazz guitarists from the old school. All the ones who broke the trail are having a great jam in the sky. Liven up that Heavenly band boys and girls.
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i had the pleasure of knowing him, he was a wonderful gentle man. he told me a story about meeting Caorl Burnette who gave him a cadillac green 58 Gretsch country club.
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