Bruce Fowler

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Bruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band. Currently, he composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films.

Bruce is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. He is the father of Rhea Fowler, bass guitar player for The Naturals.

[edit] Discography

With Frank Zappa:

• Over-Nite Sensation - 1973
• Apostrophe - 1974
• Roxy & Elsewhere - 1974
• Bongo Fury - 1975 (Captain Beefheart appears on this album as well)
• Studio Tan - 1978
• Sleep Dirt - 1979
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 - 1988
• Broadway the Hard Way - 1989
• The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life - 1991
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 - 1991
• Make a Jazz Noise Here - 1991
• Beat the Boots - 1992
  • Unmitigated Audacity - 1974
  • Piquantique - 1973
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 - 1992
• Imaginary Diseases - 2006
• Trance-Fusion - 2006

With Captain Beefheart:

• Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - 1978
• Doc at the Radar Station - 1980

Solo Works:

• Entropy - 1995
• Synthetic Division - 1995
• Ants Can Count - 1995

[edit] External links

• Bruce Fowler at the Fowler Brothers home page
• Bruce Fowler at All Music Guide
• Bruce Fowler at the Internet Movie Database