Tim Bowman

Timothy Bowman Sr. (born April 22, 1959) is an American smooth jazz gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1996, with the release of, Love, Joy, Peace, by INSP Media Group (Insync Music) alongside Diamante Records, and they released his first three albums, 1998's Paradise and 2000's Smile. The subsequent album, This Is What I Hear, was released by Liquid 8 Records in 2004. His fifth album, Tim Bowman, released in 2008 by Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records. This album was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Early life Bowman was born on April 22, 1959, as Timothy Bowman in Detroit, Michigan. His older sister is Vickie Winans(who was also a member of International Sounds of Deliverance, a gospel group that he joined after his high school commencement ceremony). His parents were a father who worked in the construction business, Aaron Bowman, and a mother who was a homemaker, Mattie A. Bowman. He started playing the guitar at 11 years old, and he became a member of The Winans, for a short time during the early to mid-1980s, as their guitarist, after getting an invite to play a show at Mercy College in the presence of Andraé Crouch. The labels decided to sell the album nationwide that October. He has placed four songs on the Smooth Jazz Songs chart over the course of his career.

1996

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1998

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— — Liquid 8 Records 2008

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2010

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5 2 I.M. Records

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Album Smooth JazzAirplay Hot GospelSongs GospelAirplay 2005 "My Praise" — 8 8 This is What I Hear "Summer Groove" 24 — — 2008 "Sweet Sundays" 1 — — Tim Bowman 2009 "High Def" 28 — — 2010 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 29 — — Various Artists – The Very Best of Christmas "Let It Shine" 4 — — Collection 2011 "All My Life" 7 — — 2012 "Sunday Vibe" 14 — — Ben Tankard – Full Tank 2013 "Please Don't Say No" 8 — — Nicholas Cole – Endless Possibilities "Seaside Drive" 1 — — Into the Blue 2017 "City Lights" 10 — — "Boss" 4 — — 2019 "Into the Blue" 21 — — 2020 "Just a Taste" 5 — — Marcus Anderson – HERO 2021 "Fireball" 1 — — 2022 "Movin' N Groovin" 4 — — 2023 "Easy" 1 — — 2024 "Ocean Breeze" 1 — — 2025 "I Want to Be with You" 2 — — "One of a Kind" 19 — —"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.