Bowl and Bunns the Dynamic Duo at The Thompson House

King “Fruitbowl” Reeves and Charlie “Bunns” Wilson, “The Dynamic Duo”, will perform live at The Thompson House Friday June 29, 2012 at 8pm. Ticket Price $10

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio King L. Reeves, Jr. – affectionately known as “Fruitbowl” – has built up a career, and a national reputation, as a top-tier vibraphonist.
During the 1970′s Cincinnati was a great and active jazz city. Reeves opened a coffee house and jazz club with three other musicians.
“Our coffee house stayed open until 2:30AM. Some of the greats of Jazz would stop by after their gigs ended and jammed with us.”...

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King “Fruitbowl” Reeves and Charlie “Bunns” Wilson, “The Dynamic Duo”, will perform live at The Thompson House Friday June 29, 2012 at 8pm. Ticket Price $10

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio King L. Reeves, Jr. – affectionately known as “Fruitbowl” – has built up a career, and a national reputation, as a top-tier vibraphonist.
During the 1970′s Cincinnati was a great and active jazz city. Reeves opened a coffee house and jazz club with three other musicians.
“Our coffee house stayed open until 2:30AM. Some of the greats of Jazz would stop by after their gigs ended and jammed with us.”
During this time Reeves played with Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Eddie Harris – to name just a few. Reeves has worked with nearly every Cincinnati jazz musician as well as recording with bands such as Bootsy Collins and Roundtrip Ticket. Mr. Reeves was a guest artist with the 17th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Boston, Mass.
He has booked a number of engagements with national performers, including the Duke Ellington Big Band, The O’Jays and The Ohio Players and Roger. Bowl has also performed a tribute to Miles Davis and the late Milt Jackson.

Charlie “Bunns” Wilson comes from a very musical family. His mother played piano professionally throughout the Greater Cincinnati area in the 1940′s and 1950′s. His brother was a member of the great Ray Charles band.
Bunns has touched bases with such musical greats as Art Blakely, Roland Kirk, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Stitt and others. Locally, he also leads his own bands. His collaboration with Bowl is as natural as pie and ice cream – Bowl and Bunns.
We could get into calling all the names that Bunns has worked with, but that’s not necessary. All one has to do is just listen to him – the Cat is Bad! Charlie once told a story about one of the most important things he can remember while working on the road with Roland Kirk is what Roland told him about always keeping the music in front of everything and ask that it will be blessed. One listens to Bunns – and you know just that.
Bunns left the music business until a few years ago, when he was united to work with King ‘Bowl’ Reeves to work on their musical collaboration, Comfort Zones. Since then its been a fantastic roll with concert gigs and a second CD, Passions – Bowl and Bunns with Friends Live at the Greenwich.

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