This particular show features recent music by Hayoung Lyou and Bill Warfield's Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra. It also has older work by Sheila Jordan and Roy Campbell and a pair of selections by ...

Wadada Leo Smith describes the late jazz trumpeter and composer Lester Bowie as a “creative, supreme thinker” who was “kind and gentle.” What better way to celebrate Bowie’s contributions to music ...

After Lester Bowie, renowned trumpeter and regular Art Ensemble of Chicago (AEC) member (daresay frontman) passed away in 1999, there was some question as to what the fate of the group would be. Of ...

One of Frederick’s favorite sons, Lester Bowie, will be celebrated Oct. 7 as part of The Fifth Power: A Tribute to Lester Bowie at the Asbury United Methodist Church. To honor the jazz legend, a ...

Click to open image viewer. A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Lester Bowie playing trumpet during a performance in New York City. Bowie is performing on an outdoor stage and is ...

Trumpeter Lester Bowie was only 58 when he died of liver cancer in 1999. Despite his short career, Bowie made significant contributions to jazz, exploring the avant-garde with techniques like blats, ...

Until his death in 1999, Lester Bowie was the avant-garde's leading trumpet player. As a founding member of The Art Ensemble of Chicago, he set a musical standard that helped jazz achieve the status ...