Great Lakes other lakes as "the lower lakes", because they are farther south. Sailors of bulk freighters transferring cargoes from Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to ports on Lake Erie or Ontario commonly refer to the latter as the lower lakes and Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior as the upper lakes. This corresponds to thinking of Lakes Erie and Ontario as "down south" and the others as "up north". Vessels sailing north on Lake Michigan are considered "upbound" even though they are sailing toward its effluent current. Lakes Huron and Michigan are sometimes considered a single lake, called
The Great Lakes Suites meditation on the "restrained, yet explosive" formation of North America's five Great Lakes isn't as grand in scope as 2013's "Occupy the World" (with a 22-piece orchestra) or 2012's four-disc, 19-part Civil Rights miniseries "Ten Freedom Summers" — but the 90-minute bustle of his stripped-down all-star quartet still stands as 2014's jazz epic." Disc 1 Disk 2 The Great Lakes Suites The Great Lakes Suites is a two-disc studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. The album was released on September 16, 2014 via Finnish TUM Records label. The album includes six original jazz compositions written by Smith,