Mundell Lowe is, arguably, the most successful jazz guitarist of his era. He routinely performed with such luminaries as Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughn, and many others. For more than seven decades, he was a major name on the jazz circuit, not only as a much in demand side man, but with his own group as well … in addition to composing scores and soundtracks for a myriad of films and television shows!

Mundy was a quietly elegant guitarist, easy to listen to, with a cool but surging swing. That quality is particularly evident on Nancy with the Laughing Face, a tune popularized by the great Frank Sinatra, where he is joined by his good friend Irish guitarist Louis Stewart.