Artist
Lester Bowie
Frederick, United States
Lester Bowie is a musician from Frederick, United States. They also recorded with Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, Art Ensemble of Chicago and Roscoe Mitchell Sextet.
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Biography
(October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999)
American trumpeter, flugel hornist, vocalist, percussionist and composer, born in Frederick, Maryland. Known for co-founding The Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
He met his future wife Fontella Bass in an R&B band after military service. He worked in St. Louis and later moved to Chicago in 1966, where, together with Roscoe Mitchell, formed the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
He died of liver cancer in 1999 at his house in Brooklyn, New York, which he shared with his second wife Deborah for 20 years
Brother of Byron Bowie and Joseph Bowie (of Defunkt).
Bio from Discogs
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy
Lester Bowie under another name — MusicBrainz marks this project eponymous.
Art Ensemble of Chicago
A project Lester Bowie was part of. Former member.
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
A project Lester Bowie was part of.
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