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Thursday, August 26 - 5pm
A dynamic pair of guitarists from the Canadian Prairies where the long winters leave little else to do but stay home and play your guitar. Jack Semple of Regina and Greg Lowe of Winnipeg are veteran musicians who have much in common. They are virtuoso guitarists, and both toured with Toronto’s Premiere R&B band “The Lincolns”. Dubbed “the chess club” by the late saxophonist and longtime friend Earl Seymour, the two are anything but square. Enjoy the sounds of these two talented lads from the heartland.
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Greg Lowe was born in Winnipeg Canada on June 30th 1957. He picked up his brother's guitar at age 10 and immediately began composing his own music. Initially inspired by blues and rock musicians he eventually found jazz, and proceeded to Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton to learn the basics of jazz harmony. In 1985 on return from a two week stint studying in New York with guitarists John Scofield, John Abercrombie and Steve Kahn, Lowe put a call into Prakash John, leader of Toronto's premier R&B band The Lincolns, and shortly after began four years of touring coast to coast with many of Toronto's finest players.
Upon returning to Winnipeg in 1990, he began recording his first CD "The Art Of Bending", which lead to the international release of "Greg Lowe" by Jazz Inspiration/MCA in 1993 and "Thrilled Against My Will" by Jazz Inspiration/Allegro in 1996. Jazz Times reviewer Hillarie Grey wrote "making unexpected orchestration seem perfectly natural... Lowe's work is deliberate and clever."
Focusing on composition as much as guitar performance, Lowe's body of work has grown to include large orchestra, chamber ensembles, theatre, television, dance, radio musicals and dramas. He has released seven CDs featuring original music in both electric and acoustic formats.
