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Bruce Fowler
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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 Fo…
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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.
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2020
Zappa
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Cheepnis
Movie Himself
- 2007
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2007
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Movie
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2002
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Movie Self
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2002
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
Movie Himself
- 2000
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1997
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Movie Himself
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self
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1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1973
