Lester Bowie (11 October 1941–8 November 1999) was a jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is a non-profit organization, founded in Chicago, Illinois, by pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist Jodie Christian, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran. ... The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicagos AACM in the late 1960s. ...

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. In 1965 he became Fontella Bass's musical director. He was a cofounder of BAG (Black Artists' Group) in St Louis. {{{{{2|{{{2}}}}}}|1{{{motto=void|2={{{3}}}}}}|city motto|{{{motto}}}}} Location in the state of Maryland Founded  -Incorporated 1745  {{{incorporated}}} County Frederick County Mayor Jennifer Dougherty Area  - Total  - Water 59. ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Little Milton (September 17, 1934—August 4, 2005) is the stage name for Milton Campbell, Jr. ... Albert King Albert King (April 25, 1923 - December 21, 1992) was an influential American Blues guitarist and singer. ... Rhythm and blues (or R&B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine. ... Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940) is a soul and country music pioneer and member of the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington) (1933 - 1982) was an American soul singer most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. ... Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 - December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Fontella Bass (born July 3, 1940 in St. ... Multidisciplinary arts collective that existed in St. ...

In 1966 he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a studio musician, and met Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell and became a member of the AACM. In 1968 he founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago with Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, and Malachi Favors. He remained a member of this group for the rest of his life, and was also a member of Jack DeJohnette's New Directions quartet. He lived and worked in Jamaica and Africa, and played and recorded with Fela Kuti. Bowie's onstage appearance, in a white lab coat, with his goatee waxed into two points, was an important part of the Art Ensemble's stage show. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) is a composer, arranger, and jazz pianist. ... Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American composer and jazz saxophonist. ... The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is a non-profit organization, founded in Chicago, Illinois, by pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist Jodie Christian, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicagos AACM in the late 1960s. ... Joseph Jarman is a musician, composer, poet and Shinshu Buddhist priest. ... Jack DeJohnette (born 1942) is a drummer and pianist, recognized as one of the foremost jazz musicians since the 1960s. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and third most populous. ... Fela Anikulapo Kuti (b. ...

In 1984 he formed Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, a brass nonet in which Bowie demonstrated jazz's links to other forms of popular music, a decidedly more populist approach than that of the Art Ensemble. With this group he recorded songs popularized by Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Manson, and the Spice Girls. His New York Organ Ensemble featured James Carter and Amina Claudine Myers. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular resonator. ... In music, an nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance or a musical group that consists of nine people. ... Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer and actress. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Marilyn Manson, Circa Holy Wood Marilyn Manson is a band based in Hollywood, California that can be described as shock rock, neo-glam rock, and arguably industrial metal. The lead singer of the band, Brian Warner, also performs under the name Marilyn Manson. ... Victoria, Emma, Mel B, Geri, Mel C; The Spice Girls at the MTV Europe Video Awards 1997 The Spice Girls (1996–1998/2000) were a British vocal girl band. ... James Carter (b. ...

Although seen as part of the avant-garde, Bowie embraced techniques from the whole history of jazz trumpet, filling his music with humorous smears, blats, growls, half-valve effects, and so on. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

Bowie took an adventurous and humorous approach to music, and criticized Wynton Marsalis for his conservative approach to jazz tradition. Nevertheless, Marsalis is on record as calling Bowie his favorite trumpeter. // Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. ...

References

• Philippe Carles, André Clergeat, and Jean-Louis Comolli, Dictionnaire du jazz, Paris, 1994
• Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestley, Jazz: the Essential Companion, London, 1987
• Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Edition, 2002

External links

• Village Voice article