Charles Owens (saxophonist, 1972)

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Charles Owens (* 6. June 1972 in Alexandria (Virginia) ) is an American jazz - tenor saxophonist .

Owens grew up in a suburb of Washington, DC . He attended the Duke Ellington School for the Arts and then moved to Miami , where he continued his education at the New World School of the Arts . In 1992 he came to New York and studied in the New School's jazz program . Since then he has worked in various band projects, including a. with Daniel Freedman, Omer Avital ( Asking No Permission , 1996), Jason Lindner ( Premonition , 1998) and wrote the score for Fly Trap . He lives in Charlottesville , Virginia . Currently (2019) he leads a trio with Alexander Claffy (bass) and Kyle Poole (drums).

Charles Owens should not be confused with the saxophonist Charles Owens , born in 1939, of the same name .

Discographic notes

  • Jazz Underground: Live at Smalls (Impulse, 1997) compilation
  • Eternal Balance ( Fresh Sound New Talent , 1998)
  • 2013 as Charles Owens Trio feat. Matthew Hall and Brian Caputo (2013)
  • A Day With Us as Charles Owens Trio (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Portrait at Jazz.com ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz.com
  2. ↑ Information on Charles Owens, * 1939
personal data
SURNAME Owens, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria (Virginia)