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comprehensive jazz resource   Quamon Fowler: His Life and Faith
By Published: October 20, 2005  Musicians are always seeking
higher spiritual experiences.  Twice-winner of the ASCAP Young
Jazz Composer Award, tenor saxophonist Quamon Fowler performed
earlier this summer at the Jazz Journalists Association's Awards
program at B.B. King's in New York. Following the award
Fowler—who recently celebrated his 25th birthday and the release
of his third CD, The Vision—was praised by Ken Cicerale of ASCAP
as, "...a player and as a composer who is one of the most
exciting players coming up. We're going to hear a lot more from
him in the future, his high quality as a composer and as a band
leader. Cicerale, in interview, said of Fowler, "This is it.
This is the next generation. In the following interview Fowler
talks about his life, and the faith that keeps him and his
career going.  All About Ja