THE LAST BLUE SKY (STEVE FOWLER)

The Fowler Brothers (Air Pocket)

•

Jazz Rock/Fusion

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

The Fowler Brothers (Air Pocket) The Last Blue Sky (Steve Fowler) album cover

4.00 | 1 ratings | 1 reviews | 0% 5 stars

Write a review

Buy THE FOWLER BROTHERS (AIR POCKET) Music
from Progarchives.com partners

Studio Album, released in 1991

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Prisoner Of Dreams (5:10)
2. The Last Blue Sky (5:30)
3. Sneaky (4:47)
4. In The Drums (5:13)
5. A Trip With Bill (4:34)
6. Reunion At Phil's (5:24)
7. Klaope (5:31)
8. May I See Your Cotangent Bundle, Please? (6:06)
9. Misgivings (4:18)

Total Time 48:31

Line-up / Musicians

- Steve Fowler / flute, alto sax
- Walt Fowler / trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards
- Ed Fowler / bass, organ, electric piano
- Chester Thompson / drums, percussion
- Alex Acuna / percussion
- Bruce Fowler / trombone
- Albert Wing / tenor sax
- Tom Fowler / electric bass
- Mike Miller / acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- George Souza / electric guitar
- Kevin Chokan / electric guitar
- Chris Trujillo / percussion
- Russ Henry / percussion
- Mike O'Neill / electric guitar
- Ed Mann / percussion
- Ramon Estagnaro / acoustic guitar

Releases information

CD Fossil Records FBR1003

Thanks to Evolver for the addition
Edit this entry

Buy THE FOWLER BROTHERS (AIR POCKET) The Last Blue Sky (Steve Fowler) Music

DOUG LARSON IMPORTS — Buy prog rock music and rarities (Free shipping on orders over 10 CD's)
AMAZON.COM — Best-selling prog vinyls

THE FOWLER BROTHERS (AIR POCKET) The Last Blue Sky (Steve Fowler) ratings distribution

4.00
(1 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(100%)
Good, but non-essential (0%)
Collectors/fans only (0%)
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)

THE FOWLER BROTHERS (AIR POCKET) The Last Blue Sky (Steve Fowler) reviews

Showing all collaborators reviews and last reviews preview | Show all reviews/ratings

Collaborators/Experts Reviews

Review by Evolver
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

Steve Fowler is one of the two Fowler brothers (the other was Ed) to not appear on a Frank Zappa album. But from this release, I wonder why this was so. Here, Steve shows to be every bit as talented as his brothers. Perhaps Frank didn't have much use for flute in his compositions.

With all but two of the tracks written by Steve, the music on this album is primarily fusion, unlike the more big band oriented released under brother Bruce's and The Fowler Brothers monnikers. And the fusion is quite good. While using the flute as the primary instrument can often cause a bit too much lightness, Steve manages to curtail this by having quite a few interesting twists and turns to his music.

However good his compositions are, the best songs on the album were written by other brothers. Ed contributed In The Drums, a song that seems like it's going to be a simple samba, except it kepps veering into Zappa-like interludes. And Bruce wrote, May I See Your Cotangent Bundle, Please, which features Ed Mann on percussion.

Zappaphiles should note that aside from Fowlers Bruce, Walt and Tom, the album also features Chester Thompson on drums and Albert Wing on tenor sax. Mike Miller, who played with many Zappa alumni in Banned From Utopia, is also on this album.

Latest members reviews

No review or rating for the moment | Submit a review

Post a review of THE FOWLER BROTHERS (AIR POCKET) "The Last Blue Sky (Steve Fowler)"

You must be a forum member to post a review, please register here if you are not.

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).