Trombonist Bruce Flower teams up with some notable relatives (altoist Steve Fowler, trumpeter Walt Fowler, and bassist Tom Fowler), plus a variety of talented players from the Los Angeles area (including pianists Billy Childs and Kei Akagi and tenor saxophonist Albert Wing) on a set of quirky originals and "Seven Steps to Heaven." The post-bop music has some of the infamous Fowler humor (most notably on the spoken narrative of "Man's Epitaph" and "The Rat") along with some solid playing. An intriguing if now somewhat ...
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Trombonist Bruce Flower teams up with some notable relatives (altoist Steve Fowler, trumpeter Walt Fowler, and bassist Tom Fowler), plus a variety of talented players from the Los Angeles area (including pianists Billy Childs and Kei Akagi and tenor saxophonist Albert Wing) on a set of quirky originals and "Seven Steps to Heaven." The post-bop music has some of the infamous Fowler humor (most notably on the spoken narrative of "Man's Epitaph" and "The Rat") along with some solid playing. An intriguing if now somewhat obscure release. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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