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Lester Bowie

real name William Lester Bowie Jr.

Frederick, United States

Lester Bowie is credited on 885 releases across 169 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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885

Credits

169

Albums

7

Decades active

100

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(October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999)
American trumpeter, flugel hornist, vocalist, percussionist and composer, born in Frederick, Maryland. Known for co-founding The Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
He met his future wife Fontella Bass in an R&B band after military service. He worked in St. Louis and later moved to Chicago in 1966, where, together with Roscoe Mitchell, formed the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
He died of liver cancer in 1999 at his house in Brooklyn, New York, which he shared with his second wife Deborah for 20 years
Brother of Byron Bowie and Joseph Bowie (of Defunkt).

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Credited work

885 releases · 169 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Performance · 2,415
  • Other credits · 130
  • Production · 32

Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Studio Saravah · Polydor Studios (Dames II) · Sound Studios, Chicago

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