Bruce Fowler

Bruce Lambourne Fowler (* July 10, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American trombonist and composer.

Life and work

Bruce Fowler is the son of jazz teacher William L. Fowler and brother of musician Walt Fowler and Tom Fowler. He was especially known for his involvement with records of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. He can be heard on a total of 24 albums, which were recorded 1973-1988, including Over- Nite Sensation, Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere and Bongo Fury, Zappa recorded with Captain Beefheart. When Beefheart he helped record productions as Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978), Doc at the Radar Station (1980) and I'm Going To Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father 's Place (1978).

Fowler was also a member of the band " The Fowler Brothers Band ", which he had founded with his brothers Steve, Tom and Ed Fowler. Emerged together with guest musicians albums Breakfast for Dinosaurs (1988) and Hunter (1993). During this time, Fowler also took under his own name the albums Ants Can Count (1990 ), Entropy ( 1993) and Synthetic Division (1995 ) on. He was also on recordings of jazz musicians such as Woody Herman in 1969, George Duke ( I Love the Blues, She Heard Me Cry, 1974), Joey Sellers ( Pastels, Ashes, 1991), Vinny Golia, Billy Childs, Eric Clapton (2006) and involved the Ladd McIntosh Big Band.

In later years, Fowler worked as a composer and arranger for film scores and thereby also conducted studio orchestras.

Fowler received the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for his achievements in film music.