Lemuel “Lem” Fowler was a pianist, composer, and bandleader active in early jazz and blues. From 1922 onward, he recorded piano rolls and records under his own name for Columbia and Edison Records, mostly as a soloist but also as leader of Fowler’s Washboard Wonders, featuring Wilbur De Paris and clarinetist Percy Glascoe, and Fowler’s Favorites. In the mid-1920s, he accompanied vocalists including Helen McDonald, Maggie Jones, Helen Baxter (alias Ellen Coleman), Edna Hicks, Sara Martin, Clara Smith, Mae Scott, and George Williams.
