Jazz Articles about Bryan Bowman

About Bryan Bowman

Album Review

Drummer and composer Bryan Bowman creates his recording debut with Like Minds, a well-executed set of eleven original compositions falling into the contemporary jazz category with a strong foundation of post-bop. Bowman's quintet is comprised of: Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Ian Carey on trumpet and flugelhhorn, Matt Clark on piano and Doug Miller on bass. Opening with an up-tempo, be-bopish number entitled “Pick You Up," Bowman shows his chops with a style that is a cross between Jeff Tain" ...

Album Review

Bryan Bowman: Like Minds

Read "Like Minds" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 16, 2015

A fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene for some time, drummer and composer Bryan Bowman makes his recording debut as leader on Like Minds, a well-crafted eleven-piece musical statement of original contemporary jazz containing a touch of bop, blues and some burning accessible material delivered with a lot of spirit. Hailing from a family of musicians--where father Robert is a classical pianist and Professor Emeritus at Chico State University and mom plays the cello when not practicing ...