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1.
Mischief 05:43
2.
Us 04:57
3.
Spring Thing 05:55
4.
New Love 09:44
5.
Simone 13:25
6.
Us (live) 10:14
7.
Karintha 07:37
8.
Nullo 05:06
9.
Evening Song 07:27
10.

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released June 10, 2023

Bill Lowe - bass trombone & tuba
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet & flugelhorn
Hafez Modirzadeh - alto saxophone, hoof-seed rattle & b'kongofon
Naledi Masilo - voice
Kevin Harris - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Luther Gray - drums

Tracks 1 & 10 composed by Bill Lowe (Ewol Music BMI)


Tracks 7-9 composed by Bill Lowe (Ewol Music BMI), text by Jean Toomer (public domain)


Tracks 3-4 composed by Bill Barron (Norrab Music BMI), lyrics on 4 by Janice Jarrett


Track 5 composed by Frank Foster (Frank Foster Music ASCAP)


Tracks 2 & 6 composed by Signifyin’ Natives (Ewol Music BMI)

Recorded on November 12-13, 2021, live and in studio at Firehouse 12, New Haven CT


Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greg DiCrosta


Produced by Bill Lowe

Co-produced by Naima Lowe, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Mark Redmond


Cover and artistic design by Naima Lowe

Layout and graphic design by Evan Clayburg
Photographs by Stephen Malagodi

This project was made possible in part by funding from Jazz Roads/South Arts.

Thanks to Philippe Crettien and the Rivers School, Keith Marks and Next Stage Arts, Glenn Siegel and Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares, the Coast Jazz Orchestra at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, and Nick Lloyd, Greg DiCrosta, and Ashley Redbone at Firehouse 12.

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Bill Lowe Boston, Massachusetts

Bill Lowe has worked with masters of Black creative music across genres. Sweet Cane knits together his broad musical interests, from tuba-driven funk to sweet swing to free improvisation to a suite inspired by a seminal work of the Harlem Renaissance. It offers an interpretation of the past, present, and future of Black creative music, rich in creativity and community, integrity and innovation. ... more

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