Instruments Trombone Parents William L. Fowler Years active 1973 - present Children Rhea Fowler | Name Bruce Fowler Role Trombone player | |
Born July 10, 1947Bruce Lambourne Fowler ( 1947-07-10 ) Siblings Tom Fowler, Walt Fowler, Steven Fowler, Ed Fowler Similar People Tom Fowler, Walt Fowler, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, Gavin Greenaway | ||
Music group The Mothers of Invention | ||
Bruce fowler conducts strings on surrogates
Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films.
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- Bruce fowler interview ex zappa bandmember part 1
- With Frank ZappaThe Mothers of Invention
- With Captain Beefheart
- With The Toshiko Akiyoshi Lew Tabackin Big Band
- With Eric Clapton
- With Stu Nevitt
- With Jon Larsen
- With Stan Ridgway
- With Oingo Boingo
- With Ed Mann
- With Avenged Sevenfold
- Solo works
- References
He 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. Bruce Fowler is participating in the Band from Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Jon Larsen's Strange News from Mars, featuring Zappa alumni Tommy Mars and Arthur Barrow. He also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings.
Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.