JosephBowie

Gorinchem, Netherlands

Joseph Bowie, the youngest member of the Bowie musician family, began is career in St. Louis, Missouri where he was born in 1953 and raised by his father William Lester Bowie, Sr. & mother Earxie L. Bowie. Joseph’s father was a music teacher and he was greatly influenced by his older brothers Byron (saxophonist & arranger) and older brother Lester, internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter. Joe made his first international tour with B.A.G, in 1971 with Oliver Lake, Baikida Carroll, Bobo Shaw, Floyd Leflore & Julius Hemphill moved to Paris to begin his his first major tour with a jazz ensemble. During this time in Paris, Joe worked with other jazz notables; Alan Silva, Frank Wright, Bobby Few and others. Joe & Charles Bobo Shaw also further developed the Human Arts Ensemble and collaborated with great French musicians Domonique Gaumont and Philippe Gaillot. Both were exceptional guitarists. Dominique went on to perform with the Miles Davis Band and Philippe extended his profession