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Musician

Quamon Fowler was born, reared and educated in the great city of Fort Worth, Texas. His musical journey started with an elementary school music program, orchestra and band in junior high school, then high school band. He began listening to various types of music and duplicating that music by practicing relentlessly from the age of twelve. He begin composing music at fifteen. His endless practicing and quest to achieve paid off. He earned first chair tenor saxophone in the All-State Jazz Ensemble in 1998. He won twice in the NAACP ACT-SO competition. He won first, in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1996, and again in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, competing in the jazz category. After graduating from O.D

Article: Album Review

Hyunil Lee: Living Water

Read "Living Water" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 15, 2017

Making his recording debut in impressive style, South Korean guitarist Hyunil Lee presents Living Water, a collection of original tunes performed in the straight-ahead tradition with glimpses of bebop, ballads, vocals and a touch of fusion to keep it interesting and varied. Based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Lee attended the Berklee College of Music and ...

News: Radio

AccuJazz Internet Radio Featuring Melissa Aldana, Other Recent Monk Contest Champs

October 15, 2013

AccuJazz Internet Radio is now featuring the music of Melissa Aldana along with other recent winners and finalists of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition on its Emerging Voices channel. The channel has always exclusively played music by the younger generation of musicians, so it is a perfect fit to feature musicians awarded in the ...

Article: Album Review

Tim Green Saxophone: Songs From This Season

Read "Songs From This Season" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 14, 2013

Saxophonists Eric Alexander, Chris Potter, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis and Marcus Strickland all have at least one thing in common: they were all second or third place finishers in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition who went on to become leading lights in the world of jazz. Alto saxophonist Tim Green may very well join ...

Album

Quamon Fowler, Live & Uncut, Vol. 1

By Quamon Fowler

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009

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Article: Interview

Quamon Fowler: His Life and Faith

by AAJ Staff
October 20, 2005

Twice-winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, tenor saxophonist Quamon Fowler performed earlier this summer at the Jazz Journalists Association's Awards program at B.B. King's in New York. Following the award Fowler--who recently celebrated his 25th birthday and the release of his third CD, The Vision--was praised by Ken Cicerale of ASCAP as, “...a player ...

Album

Introducing Quamon Fowler

By Quamon Fowler

Label:
Released: 2001
Track listing: >: Eternal Moments; Momma's Love; Inner Me; D-Town Blues; Quiet Steps. (Total Time: 44:05)

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Article: Album Review

Quamon Fowler: Introducing Quamon Fowler

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Fort Worth Native Quamon Fowler detours through South Louisiana and provides a funky soulful set of originals. Quamon Fowler, student of the renowned jazz teacher Dr. Alvin Batiste at Southern University of Baton Rouge, steps out into the electrons with a contemporary jazz/neo-Hard Bop offering in Introducing Quamon Fowler. This maiden voyage is populated with smartly ...