Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation YDrummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. makes his third Jazz Series appearance - but first as a leader when he arrives with Generation Y, his quintet comprised of some of the most dynamic young jazz musicians on the scene. Owens, Jr's group is dedicated to moving the music forward, with a love of the jazz traditio, which the leader has himself absorbed over having performed with numerous significant artists such as Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis and Mulgrew Miller, among many, many others. It is through his relationship with such important bandleaders he learned and absorbed the "how to" of leadership, much in the same way the aforementioned learned from the likes of Art Blakey and Betty Carter - two seminal examples of people renowned for their ability to develop future bandleaders and launching the careers of scores of musicians spanning multi-generations. |
Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022"Sundays @ Murry's"
Murry's Show 1 | Doors: 2:30 | Start: 3:30 Show 2 | Doors: 6 | Start: 7 Ulysses Owens, Jr. & Generation Y
Ulysses Owens, Jr.: Drums Heralded as a “powerhouse of a showman” (Glide Magazine), a “legitimate jazz triple threat” (Critical Jazz) and a drummer who “take[s] a back seat to no one” (The New York Times), performer, producer and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. goes the limit in the jazz world and beyond. - |