JIMMY OWENS –
trumpet, composer
At fifteen, Donald Byrd, his mentor, arranged Jimmy to audition for Newport Youth Band. The band was sponsored by the Newport Jazz Festival. Other members of the band at this time were bassist Eddie Gomez, pianist Mike Abene, baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber and drummer and GRP Record Company founder Larry Rosen. By the age of twenty-five, Jimmy has collaborated with Lionel Hampton, Hank Crawford, Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann and Duke Ellington. Jimmy was chosen by Duke Ellington to pay tribute to the legendary trumpet masters. Jimmy became a member of the National Endowment for the Arts, a member of the music panel for the New York State Council on the Arts which funded New York State cultural organizations and one of the founding members of the Jazz Musician’s Emergency Fund, which assist jazz artists in financial and medical need. In the mid 70s he performed with famous »Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers« group. In 1990 Jimmy became a part-time faculty member at the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program.
JIMMY
OWENS – trobenta, skladatelj
Ko je bil star petnajst let, ga je njegov mentor Donald Byrd pripravil na avdicijo za mesto v Newport Youth Band. To skupino je sponzoriral New Port Jazz Festival. Drugi člani skupine tistega časa so bili: basist Eddie Gomez, pianist Mike Abene, baritonski saksofonist Ronnie Cuber in bobnar Larry Rosen, ki je bil med drugim tudi ustanovitelj GPR Record Company. Pri petindvajsetih letih je Jimmy že igral v skupinah z: Lionelom Hamptonom, Hankom Crawfordom, Charlesom Mingusom, Herbiejem Mannom in Dukeom Ellingtonom. Duke Ellington je izbral Jimmyja da počasti najbolj legendarne jazzovske trobentače. Jimmy je postal tudi član National Endowment for the Arts, član glasbenega odbora za New York State Council on the Arts, ki je podpirala newyorške kulturne organizacije in eden ustanoviteljev Jazz Musician’s Emergency Fund, ki pomaga jazzovskim glasbenikom na finančnem in zdravstvenem področju. Sredi sedemdesetih let je nastopal z znamenito skupinio »Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers«. Leta 1990 je Jimmy postal izredni profesor na New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program.
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