2020Nominee
Best Performance
Zappa
Bruce Fowler
Actor
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
July 10, 1947
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Performance
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Career Highlights
1973Highlight
Best Performance
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
1988Highlight
Best Performance
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Video
Zappa
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation