Grammy-Award winning DRUMMER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR ULYSSES OWENS, JR.,
will return to DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA from April 28-30 to take part
in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ella Fitzgerald Festival. He will lead a
notable ensemble consisting of pianist ALLYN JOHNSON, trumpeter
ALPHONSO HORNE, and bassist ALEX CLAFFY, with featured vocalists
BRIANNA THOMAS and ALYSON WILLIAMS.Of his group's upcoming performance
at the Ella Fitzgerald Festival, OWENS STATES _“I first fell in love
with Ella's voice in my teens. Since then I have always had an
affinity for working with singers because I am musically most
influenced by the voice. I am so thrilled to be able to pay tribute to
the Queen of Jazz Voice with this wonderful band and vocalists. We
plan to play our hearts out for our audiences nightly and give them
'All Sides of Ella’!"_
Viewed as one of his generation’s leading instrumentalist and band
leaders, Owens has frequently appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center in
various capacities other than that of a featured artist and
distinguished sideman. In 2016, he produced a memorable program
entitled Songs of Freedom within the center's Appel Room, which was
cited by the New York Times for its message of “hope and
progress.” He has also served as the music curator for various
performance venues and cultural institutions in New York such as
Abyssinian Baptist Church’s Jazz Vesper Series, and the Museum of
Modern Art’s Summergarden Series, and has produced performances at
Park Avenue Armory Conservancy and provided musical curation for
Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem.
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