Owen, Chuck

Mama, 2021, CD
Instrument: Instrumental

Issue: 27.3

Jazz Ruler Type: BigBand
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 4
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 76
Score Chart

O’s Notes: The Jazz Surge is educator, arranger, producer and composer Chuck Owen’s big band. They’ve been performing for 25 years in different configurations. Today’s 19-piece ensemble includes several original members. Within Us is their seventh album, and a live studio recording, one of the few during the pandemic, and you can hear the joyful celebration. Steve Wilson (s-sax, a-sax), Sara Caswell (violin) and guest vibraphonist Warren Wolf are among the strong soloists performing Owen’s work, six originals plus “Chelsea Shuffle” (C. Corea) and “Milestones” (M. Davis). Other highlights are “the Better Claim” and the title track.

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Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz