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Occupy Oakland

By Bryan Bowman | Published: October 24, 2011
We made it over to Occupy Oakland on Saturday the 2oth to have a look around and donate some water to the campers at Oscar Grant Plaza, formerly know as Frank Ogawa Plaza. I don’t believe I’ve seen anything quite like what was going on there. Most of my experience with protests has revolved around [...]
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Homespun Trio – Grant Levin, Fred Randolph and Bryan Bowman

By Bryan Bowman | Published: October 24, 2011
The jazz trio Homespun has just released a cd of original material and some standards as well as some rock tunes you will recognize. The group features Grant Levin on piano, Fred Randolph on bass and Bryan Bowman (or me) on drums. We are very happy to say it is for sale but for now [...]
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Occupy Wall Street – SF

By Bryan Bowman | Published: October 6, 2011
The protest on Wednesday in SF’s financial district drew at least 1,000 people. I was one of them for what it’s worth and I did get to do a brief call in interview with Gil Gross on KGO. Here’s the Interview on KGO with Gil Gross Next week it’s your turn! Find out what you [...]
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Mark Levine Trio – Mount Shasta Brewery

By Bryan Bowman | Published: September 14, 2011
On Saturday October 8th and Sunday October 9th I’m very happy to be a part of two very special jazz trio performances with pianist Mark Levine and bassist Greg Daugelli at the Mount Shasta Brewery in the town of Weed, California. These are two of my favorite musicians on the planet and I’m sure it [...]
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Mactet – Change of Venue Friday August 12th

By Bryan Bowman | Published: August 11, 2011
If you’re free this weekend I’ll be playing with a fun group in Berkeley tomorrow night at Cafe Yesterday at 1122 University Ave. We were going to play at Birdland but the city shut that venue down apparently. It’s a really great band led by Chuck Mackinnon featuring: Chuck – trumpet and arrangements, Eric Crystal [...]
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Chuck MacKinnon Mactet

By Bryan Bowman | Published: July 13, 2011
I have a couple of fun gigs coming up with the Chuck MacKinnon Mactet. Chuck is a very fine trumpet player and composer who recently moved back to the Bay Area from NYC. It’s a great group and it’s a pleasure to play with these musicians! See the Performances page for more details. July 31st Benecia [...]
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New CD Release – Hawkeye

By Bryan Bowman | Published: July 5, 2010
I’m very happy to say that I have a brand new CD release which was a collaboration with Sam Bevan, Mas Koga and Grant Levin. We’ve just received the final cds and will soon have them up on itunes and cd baby for purchase! The musicians are: Sam Bevan – bass Mas Koga – sax, [...]
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2009 Harmonica Summit

By Bryan Bowman | Published: February 7, 2010
There’s some new video just out of this fun project I was involved in last year lead by Slim Heilpern. I wanted to share it with folks and hope you enjoy this take of Sandu! There are more clips and info about the Jazz Harmonica Summit here.
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Robert Bowman Piano Recital

By Bryan Bowman | Published: February 3, 2010
We had a very nice turnout for our house concert January 30 featuring the one and only Robert Bowman. He played an evening of Beethoven sonatas beautifully and from memory no less. We love doing music events and hope to continue to hold them occasionally. Find out a lot more about Robert Bowman at www.robertebowman.com
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Sheldon Brown Group at Yoshis Lounge in San Francisco

By Bryan Bowman | Published: December 21, 2009
I wanted to say that I’m very excited to be part of this performance on January 6th with the Sheldon Brown Group! The music is really cool and very challenging and this is a rather rare occasion where Sheldon gets to perform his own compositions. Nothing like getting your ass kicked so thoroughly you actually [...]
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