I came up playing gospel music in church and had a strong love for Straight-Ahead Jazz as well. So my desire has always been to be able to bind gospel music and jazz together. It all belongs to HIM anyway. -Q. Fowler Review: ALL ABOUT JAZZ Introducing Quamon Fowler Quamon Fowler | Self Published Fort Worth Native Quamon Fowler detours through South Louisiana and provides a funky soulful set of originals. Quamon Fowler, student of the renowned jazz teacher Dr. Alvin Batiste at Southern University of Baton Rouge, steps out into the electrons with a contemporary jazz/neo-Hard Bop offering inIntroducing Quamon Fowler. This maiden voyage is populated with smartly constructed, hook-filled compositions that showcase Fowler's tightly-focused, ultra-dense tone contrasted against the ethereal back drop of Arlington Jones' Fender Rhodes and/or Joey Carter's vibraphone. Fowler is well-schooled in Hard Bop as well as R&B. His playing betrays only a small nod to John Coltrane, choosing instead a more Michael Brecker meets David Sanborn direction. Introducing... is what Hard Bop would sound like had it waited 40 years to be born. "Eternal Moments" and "Inner Me" are the best of the lot, but the lot are all mighty fine. Fowler's blues playing is well represented on "D-Town Blues", which expand the definition of that old 12-bar format in a most enjoyable and unexpected way. A fine young talent deserving of greater recognition. This critic's only hope would be that a label, any label, would pick up Mr. Fowler and nurture his talent. ~ C. Michael Bailey www.allaboutjazz.com Album Info: This cd was recorded in the summer of 2000 at Aiden Audio in Arlington, TX. Personel: Quamon Fowler: tenor & soprano saxophone Doug Berry: guitar Arlington Jones: fendor rhodes Bob Deboo: bass Joey Carter: vibes & drums Jason Thomas: drums Bonus Tracks: Maurice Brown: trumpet Sam Barshet: piano Roland Guerin: bass Lumark Gulley: drums Jasaon Marsalis: drums All songs composed by Quamon Fowler.