Chuck Owen

04 Jul

[ July 21st, 2023 release on MAMA records: Chuck Owen & WDR Big Band w. Sara Caswell – Renderings ]

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Renderings, due out July 21, 2023 via MAMA Records, features guest violinist Sara Caswell and a repertoire of jazz standards and music by Owen, WDR members, and Chick Corea

“Owen is . . . producing music of considerable finesse, rich in detail and harmonic sophistication, at turns powerfully exultant, sharp, incisive and evocatively elegiac.” – Euan Dixon, Jazz Views

“Owen is particularly gifted in creating musical vignettes that stay with the listener long after they’re played.” – Thomas Cunliffe, JazzHistory Online

14 Sep

[ September the 17th,2021 release via Summit Records: Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge – Within Us ]

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release date: 17.09.2021 via Summit Records

Within Us reconvenes Owen’s vibrant 19-piece big band along with special guest vibraphonist Warren Wolf to commemorate the band’s silver anniversary and the resolute spirit that steered it through the past year

“Owen writes with seductive rhythms in mind and sets aside ample room for earnest blowing by a number of splendid soloists. Grammy voters, have your pens and pencils ready – again.”
– Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

“[E]pisodic, dramatic and picturesque. Owen deserves to be ranked high among today’s composers/arrangers.” – Scott Yanow, New York City Jazz Record

Album Release Concert, Sunday, September 26 at Birdland