- Bruce Fowler
”Bruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American
trombone player andcomposer . He notably played trombone on manyFrank Zappa records, as well as withCaptain Beefheart , and in theFowler 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-instrumentalistWalt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. He is the father ofRhea Fowler ,bass guitar player for The Naturals. Bruce Fowler is participating in bothThe Band From Utopia , andJon Larsen 's, Strange News From Mars, both feat. Zappa alumni Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, et al.Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.Bruce Lambourne Fowler and Marcelo Zarvos scored the 2006 film, "The Good Shepherd". This haunting soundtrack evokes images of days at Doc's Radar Station, vigilantly watching the skies. -- See under 'Captain Beefheart'.
Discography
With Frank Zappa
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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
*Wazoo - 2007With Captain Beefheart
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - 1978
*Doc at the Radar Station - 1980
*I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do: "Live at My Father’s Place 1978" - 2000With Eric Clapton
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The Road to Escondido - 2006With Stu Nevitt
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The Marion Kind - 2007olo works
*Entropy - 1995
*Synthetic Division - 1995
*Ants Can Count - 1995External links
* [http://www.fowlerbrothers.com/bruce1.htm Bruce Fowler] at the Fowler Brothers home page
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288670/ Bruce Fowler] at the Internet Movie DatabaseDr. Paul Vincent ZecchinoManasota Key, Florida14 June, 2008
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