Bruce Fowler

The son of jazz educator Dr. Fowler and Beatrice Fowler. He is one of five brothers, all musicians: Walt Fowler, a multi-instrumentalist; Steve Fowler, a flutist, saxophonist and composer (deceased), Tom Fowler, a bassist; and Ed Fowler, a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Fowler has performed with the Band from Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Strange News from Mars, a project led by Norwegian musician Jon Larsen that features former Zappa collaborators Tommy Mars and Arthur Barrow. He also recorded albums as a member of Air Pocket, a jazz fusion band that included all five Fowler brothers. Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.

• Name — Bruce Fowler • Birth Name — Bruce Lambourne Fowler • Born — 10 July 1947 • Genre — Rock, jazz, classical, experimental • Occupation — Musician, composer, conductor • Instrument — Trombone • Years Active — 1973–present • Associated Acts — Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Ed Mann

• Over-Nite Sensation – 1973 • Apostrophe (') – 1974 • Roxy & Elsewhere – 1974 • Bongo Fury – 1975 (Captain Beefheart appears on this album as well) • Zoot Allures – 1976 • Studio Tan – 1978 • Sleep Dirt – 1979 • Orchestral Favorites – 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 (rec. 1974) • Piquantique (rec. 1973) • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 – 1992 • Strictly Commercial – 1995 • The Lost Episodes – 1996 • Läther – 1996 • Have I Offended Someone? – 1997 • Cheap Thrills – 1998 • Son of Cheap Thrills – 1999 • Imaginary Diseases – 2006 • Trance-Fusion – 2006 • Wazoo – 2007 • One Shot Deal – 2008 • Road Tapes, Venue #2 – 2013 • Roxy By Proxy – 2014 • Roxy the Soundtrack – 2015 • The Crux of the Biscuit – 2016 • The Roxy Performances – 2018 • Halloween 73 – 2019 • Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 2020 • Zappa '88: The Last US Show – 2021

• 1976: Fly On (East Wind) • 1985: Hunter • 1988: Breakfast for Dinosaurs

• 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 – 2000

• Farewell – 1980 • From Toshiko With Love also released as Tanuki's Night Out – 1981 • European Memoirs – 1982

• Ants Can Count – 1990 • Entropy – 1993 • Synthetic Division (with Phil Teele) – 1994 • The Good Shepherd Soundtrack (with Marcelo Zarvos – 2006 • Inception – 2010

• Boingo Alive – 1988 • Dark at the End of the Tunnel – 1990

• Bad Love – 1999 • Harps & Angels – 2008

• Stan Ridgway, The Big Heat – 1986 • Ed Mann, Perfect World – 1990 • Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company - 2004 • J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido – 2006 • Avenged Sevenfold, Avenged Sevenfold – 2007 • Jon Larsen, Strange News From Mars – 2007 • Stu Nevitt, The Marion Kind – 2007