Bruce Fowler
Birthday: 1947-07-10
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Biography: 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. He is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. 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.
Movies
Cheepnis
Featuring the only footage Zappa cut together from his legendary 1973 Roxy concerts, "Cheepnis" sing...
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa....
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Frank Zappa: Phase Two is a 2002 documentary about Frank Zappa. It features a lot of footage from Sc...
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private fo...
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (197...
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immer...
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Zappa
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive document...
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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Elaine Shepherd’s classic BBC documentary, introduced and narrated by John Peel. Completely wonderf...
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Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
Band from Utopia A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa review This tribute to the music of Frank Zap...
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Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
TV concert from Zappa, footage from the warm-up was also tapped...
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Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
On April 1, 2007, Zappa.com unveiled a redesigned website, which included the 30-minute segment from...
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