Background
Bowers was born in Los Angeles on April 5, 1989. His father is a film and television writer, and his mother is a television executive.
Bowers was born in Los Angeles on April 5, 1989. His father is a film and television writer, and his mother is a television executive.
He initially listened to "classic soul records and hip-hop before falling under the spell of jazz, classical music, and film scores." At Los Angeles County High School for the Arts he studied jazz and classical piano, including being taught by Mulgrew Miller and Donald Vega, and also studied jazz at Colburn School for Performing Arts.
He had private classical music lessons from around the age of 9. He graduated in 2006, and then attended Juilliard, and obtained a bachelor"s and master"s degree in jazz performance there. While a student, he had frequent gigs in New New York
In the same year, he played on Watch the Throne, a Jay Z and Kanye West album.
Bowers toured with Marcus Miller for the whole of 2012. Bowers recorded Heroes + Misfits late in 2014, and the album was released by Concord Records in 2014.
An AllMusic reviewer commented that the pianist was "Based in jazz but with an ear for contemporary Rhythm & Blues, film scores, and electronic music". In 2014, Bowers performed at the International Jazz Day Concert in Japan, the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, and at the London Jazz Festival.
Bowers is also interested in composing, including film scores.
He wrote the music for the documentaries Elaine Stritch: Shoot Maine, and Seeds of Time. Bowers" influences include "Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly ("for his comping and incredible feel"), Duke Ellington ("for his compositions"), Ahmad Jamal and Count Basie.