# Joel Bowers is unique among young saxophonists in that he has a very strong interest in older styles of jazz: Video

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- Published: 2018-07-04T00:04:59+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**04.07. – Happy Birthday !!! Joel Bowers is a 38 year-old native of San Jose, California.
Joel is a 1997 graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts
with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. **

In May of 2002, he completed his Masters of Music Jazz Performance and Pedagogy 
at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While attending CU Boulder, Joel was the
jazz department’s teacher assistant and his duties included assisting the jazz faculty,
coaching jazz ensembles and teaching private students through the Universities continuing
education program.

Joel, who has been playing the saxophone since age nine, is unique among young saxophonists
in that he has a very strong interest in older styles of jazz. His influences include
such legendary saxophonists as Lester Young, Stan Getz, Stanley Turrentine, Hank
Mobley and Dexter Gordon. He has learned to play in the idiom of those players and
has done so quite convincingly. Joel has personally studied under such recognized
names as: Jimmy Giuffre, Plas Johnson, George Garzone, John McNeil, Joe Maneri and
Jerry Bergonzi.

Joel has performed and or recorded with many established bands and legends of the
music world including: Alicia Keys, Cee-Lo, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Too $hort,
De La Soul, Redman, The Mary Jane Girls, Pharoahe Monch, Little Brother, Kurtis 
Blow, Black Sheep, Nice & Smooth, Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Masta Ace, Craig G, Juice
Crew, The Beatnuts, Apl.De.Ap, Nappy Roots, Kool Keith, Jennifer Hudson, Estelle,
Lupe Fiasco, Lemar, B.O.B, Yo Yo, MC Search, Fred Wesley, Clyde Stubblefield, Money
Mark, Mister Cee, Stanton Moore, Quantic, Ms. Spanky Wilson, Oh No, Percee P, Ohmega
Watts, Soup, Roc’C’, Garage a Trois, Melvin Sparks, Eddie Bo, Leon Spencer,The Greyboy
Allstars, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Connie Price and The Keystones, Orgone,
Nikka Costa, Pete Escovedo, Rhythm Roots Allstars, Fully-Loaded, Motherlode, L.A.
Carnival, The Motet, Ron Miles, DJ Format, Melanie Fiona, Wolfgramm Sisters, Hilary
McRae, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Rebirth Brass Band. Joel has supported such artists
and bands as: Al Green, The Roots, Maceo Parker, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Little
Brother, Ozomatli, Galactic, DJ Z-Trip, Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne, Leftover
Salmon, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Stanton Moore, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress,
The Aggrolites, Particle, Zion I, Project Logic, Crown City Rockers, Dirty Dozen
Brass Band, Heavy D, Doug E. Fresh, The Greyboy Allsatrs, NOMO, The Sam Kininger
Band, Wild Magnolias, Rebirth Brass Band, J Rocc, Aloe Blacc & Cut Chemist. Joel
has also recorded for many motion pictures soundtracks & television shows including:
Sex and the City, Cheaper By The Dozen 2, Our Family Wedding, Good Hair, Sex Drive,
Barnyard, Joey, Take Home Chef, Deck The Halls, Miss Rap Supreme, 100 Greatest Stand-
Up’s of All Time & The Shot.

In 2002 Joel moved to Los Angeles and has since established himself as a sought 
after performing and recording artist. When not performing, recording or touring,
Joel teaches privately and leads two L.A.’s funkiest bands: the all-star 10-piece
funky music machineThe Greasy Beats, and the soul-jazz Hammond B-3 organ sextet 
JB and The Rebellion. Joel is also a busy sideman in several L.A. bands including:
Connie Price & The Keystones, Orgone & The Lions.

In August of 2006 Joel joined the teaching faculty at St. Bernard Catholic High 
School in Playa Del Rey, CA and currently instructs Instrumental Music and directs
the super funky Viking Band. Joel has previously taught at both Crossroads Elemantary
School and at New Roads High School in Santa Monica, CA and has been a frequent 
faculty member at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in Palo Alto, CA. Joel is proud member
of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 and the International Association
of Jazz Educators.

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