Lester Bowie
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
Film & TV
Known for
- Miłość — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2013
- Null Sonne No Point — Self1997
- Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool — Self1994
- Bird Now1988
- Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor, Live in Paris1984
- The Art Ensemble of Chicago1981
- Sophie's Ways1971
- Art Ensemble of Chicago - Châteauvallon 1970 — Themself
- Art Ensemble of Chicago - Montreux 1983 — Themself
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1947-01-08
- Active to
- 2016-01-10
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Discography
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- 11,802
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- 70,160
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Lester Bowie (11 October 1941–8 November 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Born in Frederick, Maryland, Bowie grew up in St Louis, Missouri. At the age of five he started studying the trumpet with his father, a professional musician. He played with blues musicians such as Little Milton and Albert King, and rhythm and blues stars such as Solomon Burke, Joe Tex, and Rufus Thomas. <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lester
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Frederick
- Place of death
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
- Official website
- www.artensembleofchicago.com/lester.html
- Image
- Lester Bowie 1978 moers.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lester Bowie
- date of birth
- 1941-10-11
- date of death
- 1999-11-08
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- member of
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
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