Charles Owens

Born: May 4, 1939

Elegy

By Rex Richardson

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Peanuts 'n Ice Cream; Lefty in the Clover: Tao of Heavy D; Aurora; Honey Badger; Thee Sunday After; Seize Every Day; No Resolution

Honey Badger (Don't Care)

April 4, 2025

Album: Elegy
By Rex Richardson
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:40

Here It Is

By Charles Owens

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Problem With The Golden Rule; In A Sentimental Mood; And We Go Gentle; Best Part; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; After The Love Is Gone; Heartbreaks + Setbacks; People Make The World Go Round; Sunshine Moonglow; Autumn In New York; The Sunday After; Crazy To Lose You.

Blues and Synonyms

By Jason Jenkins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bluesville; Dear Old Stockholm; Once I Loved; Airegin; Alright, Oaky, You Win/Bracey's Blues; Invitation; Sweet Honey Bee; Wabash; Bigfoot

Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead

by Angelo Leonardi
January 23, 2023

Hanno scelto un marchio provocatorio, Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad per l'etichetta discografica e la piattaforma di musica dal vivo che gestiscono a Los Angeles da alcuni anni. I due musicisti e produttori vengono dalla scena hip-hop: il primo ha lavorato con artisti di fama mondiale come Wu-Tang Clan, Souls of Mischief e ...

Charles Owens Trio: '10 Years' Track by Track

by Russell Perry
June 29, 2021

For a decade, tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator Charles Owens has been leading a trio with bassist Andrew Randazzo and drummer Devonne Harris (aka DJ Harrison). The Charles Owens Trio has celebrated this tenure with a new release, 10 Years. Chris Pearson in the Times of London wrote in his review, “The first thing you ...

Meet Russell Perry

by AAJ Staff
August 7, 2020

About Russell Perry Russell Perry became a dedicated jazz listener while an announcer on WTJU Charlottesville during college. In the company of other young explorers, the world of recorded jazz revealed itself to him. After a fruitful career as an architect focussed on sustainable design, he has resumed his radio activities. The culmination of over a ...

Moon Hooch, Matt Ulery, Cochemea and More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 1, 2019

Second part of our exploration of new releases [for the first part, click here]. In this segment we focus heavily on powerful saxophone players like Cochemea, Tenor Triage's Michael Eaton, Sean Sonderegger and James Brandon Lewis, Ghost Horse's Dan Kinzelman, Moon Hooch's Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen, Charles Owens, Hearing Thing's Matt Bauder, the Crosscurrent Trio's ...

Jaimie Branch, Kris Davis, Kneebody and More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 13, 2019

September! What a month. The summer is over... so are the summer festivals... but that is also the month when record labels start churning out some of their best releases to bring the temperature up in advance of the end-of-year polls and listicles. So here comes an onslaught of heavy-hitters with their new or upcoming releases, ...