Other members of a rotating cast of musicians include Bruno Williams -
bass, Chip Katz - guitar, Dave Black - guitar, Rob Titus - drums, Chris Voelker
- guitar, Claude Montgomery III - bass, Scott McCloud - guitar, Darryl Mixon -
bass, John Thomas - bass, Rich Hensley - drums, Jim Cady - bass, Stu Johnson - guitar
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hartman, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughn, Astrud Gilberto, John Coltrane, Michael Franks, Chet Baker, Al Jarreau, Nat King Cole, Carlos Santana, Pat Best, Peanuts Whalum, Marion Miller & Eddie Eaton, Sergio Mendez, Jon Lucien, Theo Peoples, Elliot Dyson, Vince Sala, Curtis Ohlsen, Marc Russo, Kenia, Steve Kirby, Stevie Wonder, Donald Byrd, Joe Sample, Louis Armstrong, Manhattan Transfer, Duke Ellington, Harry Noisette, Count Basie, Darryl Herndon, Kenn Miller, Paul Jones, Terry Nobles, Ira Wiggins, Kenny Rankin, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Jim Croce, America, Diana Krall, and so many others...
(Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch,
Russian, and more)
Music
In New York in 1969 Kevin Bowser started
playing bass guitar in his first working rock band. As he likes to say, "I
didn't go to my Prom, I played it." Playing cover tunes from the Rolling
Stones, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, to name a few he was
hooked on music and performing for good. While in attending college
at NCCU, in 1974 he joined a working Soul / R&B band, behind a 4
man singing group. After playing cover tunes from the Stylistics, Ojays,
Blue Magic, Temptations, Blackbyrds, Kool & The Gang, Dazz Band, Mandrill,
Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago, the group progressed to also doing original
material. In 1977 he joined the Navy and started teaching himself how to
play the guitar and soon started to sing. This resulted in him playing
primarily as a solo performer for the next 10 years. He explored folk,
rock, pop, latin, original tunes and played cover tunes from Michael
Franks, Stevie Wonder, Sting, America, Jim Croce, Jobim, Kenny Rankin, John
Cougar, Led Zeplin, to name a few more. In 1985 joined a St. Louis band,
Metropolitan Jazz Rock Orchestra, that played primarily original jazz
fusion. A couple of years later he joined a duo and focused on playing
latin based pop and jazz. After landing a two year gig with another duo
Kevin put down the guitar and focused on singing standards.
In 1993 Kevin Bowser joined the group Visions Jazz,
as the vocalist and became a key part of the band’s signature sound. Prior
to that Kevin honed his vocal skills by sitting in at piano bars and jazz groups
from coast to coast in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. The rich tone
of his unique and expressive voice is a treat for all listeners, whether they
are jazz fans or not. Although influenced by artists such as Frank
Sinatra, Dexter Gordon, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hartman, Mel Torme, Sarah
Vaughn, John Coltrane, Michael Franks, Al Jareau and others, Kevin’s vocal style
is, without question, all his own.
Although still a part time member of Visions Jazz,
Kevin has begun to work under his own name, hence The Kevin Bowser Group.
Visit www.visionsjazz.com to listen to some of his more
recent work with The Kevin Bowser Group. Contact Kevin directly through
myspace or through his web site for bookings.
Business
In addition to being a musician Kevin Bowser is
also a successful "Financial Privacy Consultant" who, with the backing of
a professional financial services firm, helps his clients
significantly reduce the amount of taxes that they owe while
simultaneously protecting their assets with professional "Pre-Litigation
Planning". Remember, its not what you make, but what you KEEP
that counts.
In this day and age, insurance is not
enough! Why remain at risk for losing everything you have worked a
lifetime to acquire? Contact Kevin directly through myspace for a
phone appointment and learn how you can "bullet
proof" your PUBLIC asset profile to protect yourself from
predatory lawyers with frivolous or rightful law suits from employees,
ex-spouses, or future accident victims, or even from fans/strangers with a
negative agenda.
