Joe Bowden - Drums, Compositions
Warren Wolf - Vibraphone
Manuel Valera - Piano
Rich Brown - Electric Bass
Mike Downes - Acoustic Bass
Nova Scotia-born, Toronto-based drummer Joe
Bowden has been wowing audiences for
decades. The recipient of the Pioneer Award at
the 2018 African Nova Scotian Music Awards
and the prestigious Bucky Adams Memorial
Award at the 2023 East Coast Music Awards, he
is a go-to sideman for a who’s who of jazz and
R&B luminaries, including Gavin Hope, Beau
Dixon, Divine Brown, Jackie Richardson, Alana
Bridgewater and the incomparable Salome Bey.
Bowden began to compose, produce and record
in 2010, releasing his first critically acclaimed
album Voices In My Head in 2012. Fast forward a
little over a decade and his artistic voice has
been fully realized with his sixth album Music is
Life. Here, Bowden’s musical vision is brought to
life by an international ‘A’ Team of players with
the invaluable support of pianist and arranger
Manuel Valera, vibraphonist Warren Wolf
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