For the second time this semester, Chadron State College is bringing in a renowned jazz musician and composer who will meet with students as well as perform for the public.
Bob Bowman, a longtime fixture of the Kansas City jazz scene who now lives in Montana, is offering a free recital tonight at 7:00 in the Sandoz Center Atrium.
      Bowman has been playing the bass for more than 4 decades, starting at age 12.
He joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1976 and the Toshiko Akyoshi-Lew Tabakin Big Band in 1979, recording numerous albums with both.
He also toured and recorded with dozens of singers and instrumentalists including the legendary Carmen McRae and saxophonist Bobby Watson – who preceded him to Chadron State in February.
While based in Kansas City, Bob Bowman was also an academician as a faculty member at both the University of Missouri and Ottawa University.