Born in Los Angeles, Bryan Bowman was surrounded by music from an early age. His Father Robert is a classical pianist and music professor at Chico State University and his mother plays the cello and is an international folk dancer. These influences guided his musical journey toward the study of classical, jazz, rock, Balkan and North Indian classical music.

He has performed and recorded with numerous international jazz and rock artists including among many others:

Deron Johnson (Miles Davis, David Sandborn, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clark), Mike Zilber (Steve Smith), Dayna Stevens (John Scofield, Kenny Barron), Thomas Morgan (Kurt Rosenwinkle), Sam Bevan (David Grisman), Bob Kenmotsu, Mike Abraham, Jeff Massanari, Randy Vincent, John Stowell, John Wiitala (Joe Henderson, Jessica Williams), Ben Stolorow, Mark Levine, John Shifflet, Andre Bush, Ken French, Clairdee, Harvey Winapel, Dahveed Behroozi, Betty Fu, Sarah Manning, Mario Guaneri, Jessica Neighbor, Loose Wig, Anton Schwartz, and Brian Kane.

Bryan recorded and toured the United States with RCA recording artists Behan/Johnson. He has also recorded and performed in the international music arena which such groups as Ivan Milev and Bulgarika, Edessa, Trio Mopmu with Lily Storm, Late Cift, Members of Kitka and Aleph Null.
 
Bryan studied music formally at The Berklee College of Music in Boston, CSU Long Beach and CSU Chico. He is currently a free lance performer and composer in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Here are some links to artists Bryan Bowman has performed with:

Sam Bevan - www.sambevan.com
Loose Wig - www.loosewig.com
Collective Amnesia - www.collectiveamnesia.com
Brian Kane - www.briankane.net
Fred Randolph - www.fredrandolph.com
Mike Zilber - www.mikchaelzilber.com
Jeff Massanari - wwwjeffmassanari.com
John Stowell - www.johnstowell.com
Ben Stollero - www.benstolerow.com
Mark Levine - www.marklevine.com
Sarah Manning - www.sarahmanningmusic.com
Jessica Neighbor - www.jessicaneighbor.com
Andre Bush - www.andrebush.com
Anton Schwartz - www.antonjazz.com
Bruno Pelletier www.brunojazz.com
Alex Candelaria www.alexcandelaria.com