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Ulysses Owens Jr. And Generation Y Jazz Quintet at Brooks Center For The Performing Arts
Courtesy of Mandy Stertz | Posted on February 2, 2024
When
Fri, February 9, 2024
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Ulysses Owens, Jr.
drumsTyler Bullock
pianoErena Terakubo
saxophone, altoAnthony Hervey
trumpetJonathon Muir-Cotton
bass, acousticAbout
Performer, producer and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. goes to the limit in the jazz world and beyond; claiming eight successful albums of his own. Owens has also gained special attention for his performances on GRAMMY Award-winning albums by Kurt Elling and The Christian McBride Big Band. In addition to five Grammy nominated albums with Joey Alexander, Christian McBride Trio, John Beasley’s Monk’estra, and Gregory Porter. Both Jazziz and Rolling Stone Magazines picked his album “Songs of Freedom,” as a Top Ten Album for 2019 and in 2021 his most recent Big Band release, “Soul Conversations,” was voted the top album in May 2021 by JazzIz Magazine. Owens will perform as part of his quintet, Generation Y....