Wesley Grant (Drunken Immortals)
Spaceman (Deep Space Fo')
Armin Alic (Little Rock 9)
James Weidman (Spirituals Quartet and Big Band)
D.D. Jackson (composer and arranger)
Jerome Harris (musician and arranger)
Craig Harris (musician and arranger)
Kathy Farmer (musician and arranger)
George Colligan (musician and arranger)
影響
Dr. James Mumford, John Paxton, Thurgood Marshall and The Little Rock Nine, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte, Roberto Clemente, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, Undine Smith Moore, Nathaniel Dett, Rev. Gary Davis, Jimmy Scott, James Marshall (Jimi) Hendrix, Sekou Sundiata, Sylvie Bayonne, Stevie Wonder, Buster Keaton, Albert Ayler, Charles Mingus, Rev. Charles A. Tindley, James Weidman, Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, James Weldon Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Kiane Zawadi, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Luther Vandross, Barry Harris, Walter Davis, Jr., Ruth Brown, Mary Lou Williams, Moses Hogan, James Earl (Jimmy) Carter, Michael Hill, Martha Biondi, Michel LeGrand, Rael Wesley Grant, Don Byron, John Belushi, Linda Jones, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Louis Roberts, Sonny Logan, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Rev. Brian Moore, David Baker, Lester Noble Jr., George L. Bowman, and MVHS Class of 1981.
Dean Bowman
(updated bio 2009)
Heralded by the LONDON GUARDIAN as "soulful, charismatic, and technically brilliant... a star." Dean Bowman is renowned internationally for his "rumbling baritone and heart-peeling falsetto... a showstopper" (VILLAGE VOICE). Without a doubt, a major contributor to the NYC downtown jazz, rock, and avant-garde scenes, he is an accomplished, "massively talented" vocalist and performance / recording artist. He has been described alternately as a "vocal-mentalist," "tone poet," "avant-garde gospel singer," and a "jazz singer with the soul of a rocker," for his work with Don Byron, “Do The Boomerang”, the music of Junior Walker (BLUE NOTE/EMI), as well as touring the music of Ray Charles with John Scofield.
Dean Bowman gratefully acknowledges traditional Black spirituals and gospel as “ground zero” for his creative development. Schooled by his mentors John Paxton and Dr. James Mumford, Bowman later studied under David Baker and Barry Harris. Some later studies (formal and informal) were with Greg Drew, Rael Wesley Grant, Craig Harris, James Weidman, and Jerome Harris
Credits include records with Lester Bowie (Brass Fantasy*, When The Spirit Returns*, The Odyssey of Funk and Popular Music*), Jane Bunnett (Ritmo + Soul), Don Byron (Do The Boomerang, Existential Dred, Bug Music), Uri Caine (Primal Light, Goldberg Variations), Jane Bunnett, Stanley Cowell, and Dewey Redman (Spirituals and Dedications*), and Elliott Sharp (Blues For Next*), among others. Dean has toured with Kelvyn Bell, Steve Coleman, Charlie Hunter, D.D. Jackson, MeShell Ndegeocello, Scofield, and Reggie Workman, among others, as well as his own groups.
Dean Bowman was a featured voice of two characters for the Sony PlayStation game "Parrappa The Rappa." He was also a featured vocalist for Québécité, an opera composed by D.D. Jackson, with libretto by Canadian-born poet-laureate George Elliot Clarke.
* denote compositions
Dean, How's it going? Still in europe?
Hope everything is ok! I am just finishing my breakfast and going to my studio and work on the vocals for the album!
All the best
Bjorn
Hello, my friend. Just coming through with a thought I had recently. Be well :)
Sometimes when i look around, all i see is misery, despair, frustration and pain...
Then, i close my eyes, take a couple deep breaths, RELAX...And ask myself, "WHAT IF all I saw was what I WANTED TO SEE?" Then, I open my eyes. I see the sun, I see the blue sky, I see my girls smiling back at me, I see life...
And then, lo and behold, I see nothing but OPPORTUNITY...
Thanks for reading. And if you enjoy these little sayings I send out, take a look at my site, http://TankJones.com and take a look at my blogs. You can also see a lot of pics of events I've done, music I've made and learn about my foundation.
Hello, I've see you at the Red Lion in Marseille with Full Circle. When you singing, I was sure it began the greatest emotional moment of my life. I hope to heard you again, sorry for my english!
Here is like summer,change your clothes because you..re going to need-it! The last weekend we were on the beach. We have prepared a concert in a special site in the coast,in a magical place... See you next week. Kisses.
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