TMP246 IAN BOWMAN: HEAD OF THE CLASS

The in-demand tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger with jazz/funk wunderkinder Naughty Professor played his way into the group as a freshman at Loyola. Developing a national following, the band became a hard-touring powerhouse playing over 100 dates a year and releasing a string of LPs and singles featuring collaborators like Ivan Neville, Chali 2na, David Shaw (Revivalists), and Eric Benny Bloom. As a member of the Naughty Horns, he’s recorded and toured with Big Freedia, Galactic, Tank & the Bangaz, and Dumpstafunk. Ian is an autodidact from way back, but tonight he gets broken-home-schooled by the Troubled Men. Topics include the heatwave, a broken A/C, a return to school, playing at the leper colony in Carville, “Feelings,” James Carville, an assessor’s office visit, a bulletproof house, celebrity deaths, crashing a band, the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot, Joey Chestnut, home schooling, piano training, school band, music snobbery, a eureka moment, the Kuumbwa Jazz summer camp, a solo record, college auditions, Jamey Aebersold, an adopted name, improv class, Tony Dagradi, a finger injury, the pandemic, an underbite, surgery plans, Jon Culbreth, Nick Ellman, and much more. Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Venison Poetry" and "Sugarcoat" (featuring Chali 2na & Ivan Neville) from "Identity" by Naughty Professor Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Naughty Professor Homepage Naughty Professor Facebook Naughty Horns Homepage Naughty Horns Facebook Ian Bowman Facebook