CHRIS BOWDEN

Nu Jazz / Fusion • United Kingdom
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Let's face it, despite all its history, the myths and legends that surround its most famous exponents, the black and white photos, the recordings, the movies, even, the saxophone wasn't most contemporary music-makers idea of fun in the early nineties. Chris Bowden could easily have stayed one of the unsung backroom musicians of the British scene - a fine sax player, a talented and knowledgeable arranger and composer. He could have been a straight-up UK jazz man playing in tiny clubs to 30 or 40 devotees, as credible as fuck. He chose neither route. Chris Bowden chose to make 'jazz' that was as contemporary and relevant as sampled, sequenced music. He chose to ignore obscurity, but to give Kenny G the finger, too. In 1996 he released 'Time Capsule' (Soul Jazz) to immense critical acclaim and general appreciation. Space jazz with the rigour of a classicist, by turns forbidding and read more...
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CHRIS BOWDEN Time Capsule album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Time Capsule
Nu Jazz 1996
CHRIS BOWDEN Slightly Askew album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Slightly Askew
Nu Jazz 2002
CHRIS BOWDEN Unlikely Being album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Unlikely Being
Fusion 2018

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