Heralded by the LONDON GUARDIAN as „soulful, charismatic, and technically brilliant… a star.” Dean Bowman is renowned internationallyfor his „rumbling baritone and heart-peeling falsetto… a showstopper” (VILLAGE VOICE). Without a doubt, a major contributor to the NYC downtown jazz, rock, and avant-garde scenes, he is an accomplished, „massively talented” vocalist and performance / recording artist. He has been described alternately as a „vocal-mentalist,””tone poet,” „avant-garde gospel singer,” and a „jazz singer with the soul of a rocker,” for his work with Don Byron, “Do The Boomerang”, the music of Junior Walker (BLUE NOTE/EMI), as well as touring the music of Ray Charles with John Scofield. Dean Bowman gratefully acknowledges traditional Black spirituals and gospel as “ground zero” for his creative development. Schooled by his mentors John Paxton and Dr. James Mumford, Bowman later studied under David Baker and Barry Harris. Some laterstudies (formal and informal) were with Greg Drew, Rael Wesley Grant, Craig Harris, James Weidman, and Jerome Harris Credits include records with Lester Bowie (Brass Fantasy*, When The Spirit Returns*, The Odyssey of Funk and Popular Music*), Jane Bunnett (Ritmo + Soul), Don Byron (Do The Boomerang, Existential Dred, Bug Music), Uri Caine (Primal Light, Goldberg Variations), Jane Bunnett, Stanley Cowell, and DeweyRedman (Spirituals and Dedications*), and Elliott Sharp (Blues For Next*), among others. Dean has toured with Kelvyn Bell, Steve Coleman, Charlie Hunter, D.D. Jackson, MeShellNdegeocello,John Scofield, and Reggie Workman, among others, as well as his own groups: