Brad Gowans
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Brad Gowans (at right), at Eddie Condon's, NY, ca. 1946
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Arthur Bradford Gowans |
| Born | December 3, 1903 |
| Origin | Billerica, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 8, 1954 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Dixieland |
| Instruments | Valve trombone, cornet, clarinet |
| Associated acts | Bud Freeman, Max Kaminsky |
| Notable instruments | |
| Valide trombone | |
Arthur Bradford "Brad" Gowans (December 3, 1903, Billerica, Massachusetts – September 8, 1954, Los Angeles) was an American jazz trombonist and reedist.
Gowans' earliest work was on the Dixieland jazz scene, playing with the Rhapsody Makers Band, Tommy DeRosa's New Orleans Jazz Band, and Perley Breed. In 1926 he played cornet with Joe Venuti, and worked later in the 1920s with Red Nichols, Jimmy Durante, Mal Hallett (1927–29), and Bert Lown. He left music for several years during the Great Depression, then returned to play with Bobby Hackett (1936), Frank Ward, Wingy Manone (1938), Hackett again, Joe Marsala, and Bud Freeman's Summa Cum Laude Band (1939–40).
Early in the 1940s he played regularly at Nick's in Greenwich Village in New York City, and worked with Ray McKinley and Art Hodes. As a clarinetist, he played in the reconstituted Original Dixieland Jazz Band's 1940s recordings. He stopped playing again briefly in the mid-1940s, then returned to play with Max Kaminsky (1945–46), Jimmy Dorsey, and Nappy Lamare (1949–50). Following this he played freelance on the West Coast. He collapsed on stage in 1954 while playing with Eddie Skrivanek and died eight months later.
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