Mundell Lowe Catalog

1954 (age 32)

The Mundell Lowe Quintet   RCA Victor LJM-3002   1954

Teddy Charles as Stix Kahn, vibes; Mundell Lowe, Sal Salvador, guitar; Kenny O'Brien, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

RCA Victor's 24th Street Studios, NYC, February 12, 1954

E4VB3560Spring Is Here
E4VB3561There Goes Rusty!

John Potoker, celeste; Don Arnone, Mundell Lowe, guitar; Trigger Alpert, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

RCA Victor's 24th Street Studios, NYC, March 8, 1954

E4VB3801Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
E4VB3802Prelude To A Kiss
E4VB3803How Long Has This Been Going On
E4VB3804Street Of Dreams

Phil Kraus, marimba, celeste; Don Arnone, Mundell Lowe, guitar; Trigger Alpert, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

RCA Victor's 24th Street Studios, NYC, March 22, 1954

E4VB3895Pantomime
E4VB3896Darn That Dream
E4VB3897Takin' The Blues For A Walk

1955

The Mundell Lowe Quartet   Riverside RLP 12-204   1956

Dick Hyman, piano, organ #1-5,7-9, celeste #6; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Trigger Alpert, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, August 27, and October 4, 1955

1.Will You Still Be Mine?
2.I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
3.I'll Never Be The Same
4.All Of You
5.Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
6.The Night We Called It A Day
7.Bach Revisited
8.Cheek To Cheek
9.Far From Vanilla

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-1773 in 1991, OJCCD-1773-2 in 1991.

1956

Guitar Moods By Mundell Lowe   Riverside RLP 12-208   1956

Al Klink, flute, bass clarinet #1,4,9; Phil Bodner, oboe, English horn #3,6,7,12; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Trigger Alpert, bass #1-9,11,12; Ed Shaughnessy, drums #1-9,11,12.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 20, and March 2, 9, 1956

1.Speak Low
2.We'll Be Together Again
3.Memories Of You
4.Ill Wind
5.You Don't Know What Love Is
6.I Dream Too Much
7.June In January
8.I'll Take Romance
9.It's So Peaceful In The Country
10.Our Waltz
11.I'm Old Fashioned
12.Goodbye

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1957-2 in 2004.

Mundell Lowe, Tony Burrello, Barbara Lea, Billy Taylor - This Could Lead To Love   Riverside RLP 12-808

Jack Greenberg, English horn; Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, circa April, 1956

This Could Lead To Love
I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
Wonderful One
I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You

Mundell Lowe And His Orchestra - New Music Of Alec Wilder   Riverside RLP 12-219   1956

Joe Wilder, trumpet; John Barrows, Jim Buffington, French horn; Don Hammond, flute; Jerry Roth, oboe; Bernard Garfield, bassoon #1-4,6,9,10,12; Harold Goltzer, bassoon #5,7,8,11; Jimmy Carroll, clarinet, bass clarinet; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass #1,2,6,10; Trigger Alpert, bass #3-5,7-9,11,12; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; Alec Wilder, composer, personal supervisor.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 12, 19, and July 19, 1956

1.Suggestion For Bored Dancers
2.She Never Wore Makeup
3.What Happened Last Night?
4.Walk Softly
5.Let's Get Together And Cry
6.Mama Never Dug This Scene
7.Pop, What's A Passacaglia?
8.No Plans
9.The Endless Quest
10.Around The World In 2:34
11.An Unrelenting Memory
12.Tacet For Neurotics

** also released on Mundell Lowe And His Orchestra - Tacet For Neurotics: The Music Of Alec Wilder, Offbeat OLP 3010 in 1962+.

1957

Mundell Lowe - A Grand Night For Swinging   Riverside RLP 12-238   1957

Gene Quill, alto sax #2,5,6; Billy Taylor, piano; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Les Grinage, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 7, and April 10, 1957

1.It's A Grand Night For Swingin'
2.Blues Before Freud
3.Easy To Love
4.It Could Happen To You
5.Love Me Or Leave Me
6.You Turned The Tables On Me
7.Crazy Rhythm

** also released on Mundell Lowe, Billy Taylor, Gene Quill - Low Down Guitar, Jazzland JLP 8 in 1960. and on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1940-2 in 2000.

Various Artists - Blues For Tomorrow   Riverside RLP 12-243   1957

Gene Quill, alto sax; Billy Taylor, piano; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Les Grinage, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 7, and April 10, 1957

Let's Blow Some Blues

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-030 in 1982, OJCCD-030-2 in 1994.

1958

Mundell Lowe And His All Stars - Porgy And Bess   RCA Camden CAL-490   1959

Art Farmer, trumpet; Don Elliott, mellophone, vibes; Tony Scott, clarinet, baritone sax; Ben Webster, tenor sax; Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.

NYC, July 16 and 17, 1958

J3JB5540My Man's Gone Now
J3JB5541Bess, You Is My Woman Now
J3JB5542Summertime
J3JB5543It Ain't Necessarily So
J3JB5544It Takes A Long Pull To Get There
J3JB5545I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
J3JB5546Red Headed Woman

Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums, vibes.

NYC, October 3, 1958

J3JB5547There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
J3JB5548I Loves You, Porgy
J3JB5549Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess

** also released on RCA Camden CAS-490.
** part of The Many Faces Of Art Farmer, Gambit (Sp) 69252 in 2009.

1959

Mundell Lowe And His All Stars - TV Action Jazz!   RCA Camden CAL-522   1959

Donald Byrd, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Herbie Mann, flute, tenor sax; Tony Scott, clarinet, baritone sax; Eddie Costa, piano, vibes; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Don Payne, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

Webster Hall, NYC, February 3, 4 and 5, 1959

Peter Gunn
Riff Blues (From The Mickey Spillane - Mike Hammer TV Series)
Perry Mason Theme
77 Sunset Strip
M-Squad
The Thin Man
This Is The Naked City (From The TV Series "The Naked City")
Fall Out! (From "Peter Gunn")

** also released on RCA Camden CAS-522.

1960

Mundell Lowe And His All Stars - Themes From Mr. Lucky/The Untouchables And Other TV Action Jazz   RCA Camden CAL-627   1960

Clark Terry, trumpet; Willie Dennis, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, trombone; Rod Levitt, bass trombone; Phil Bodner, reeds; Eddie Costa, piano, vibes; Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

NYC, June 1, 1960

L3PB2934Markham Theme
L3PB2935Theme From "Mr. Lucky"
L3PB2936Hawaiian Eye

Clark Terry, trumpet; Willie Dennis, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, trombone; Dick Hixson, bass trombone; Phil Bodner, reeds; Eddie Costa, piano, vibes; Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

NYC, June 6, 1960

L3PB2937Theme From "The Untouchables"
L3PB2938Bourbon Street Beat
L3PB2939The Detectives Theme
L3PB2940Johnny Staccato's Theme
L3PB2941Theme From "Tightrope"

** also released on RCA Camden CAS-627 in 1960.

1961

Mundell Lowe And His Orchestra - Satan In High Heels (Soundtrack)   Charlie Parker PLP 406   1961

Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, trumpet; Buster Cooper, Urbie Green, trombone; Jim Buffington, French horn; Ray Beckenstein, alto sax, flute; Walter Levinsky, alto sax, clarinet; Al Cohn, Al Klink, tenor sax; Sol Schlinger, baritone sax; Eddie Costa, piano, vibes; Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

NYC, November 30, 1961

Montage
The Lost And The Lonely
Lake In The Woods
Pattern Of Evil

Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Buster Cooper, trombone; Phil Woods, alto sax; Walter Levinsky, alto sax, clarinet; Al Cohn, Oliver Nelson, tenor sax; Gene Allen, baritone sax; Eddie Costa, piano, vibes; Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.

NYC, December 22, 1961

Satan In High Heels
East Side Drive
Coffee, Coffee
From Mundy On
The Long Knife
Blues For A Stripper

** also released on Blues For A Stripper, Charlie Parker PLP 822.