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Chuck Owen (b. January 20, 1954) is an American jazz composer/arranger, conductor, producer and educator.
Early Life[edit]
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Owen grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and Cincinnati, Ohio where he attended Wyoming High School and studied piano with Dorothy Payne. He graduated from the University of North Texas (previously North Texas State University) with a Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental Music Education and received his Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from California State University – Northridge.
Career[edit]
After a brief period of free-lancing in Los Angeles, writing for a variety of ensembles including the Tonight Show, pianist Roger Williams, pops orchestra conductor Erich Kunzel, and his own Fault Line Big Band–Owen left Los Angeles for Tampa, Florida in 1981 to accept a post as the first Director of Jazz Studies at the University of South Florida. He retired[1] after 40 years of teaching in 2021, having been accorded the title Distinguished University Professor as well as being cited with the President’s Award for Faculty Excellence in 2003 and the Outstanding Teaching Award in 1992. He founded his Jazz Surge Big Band in 1995 and continues to serve as its principal composer/arranger, conductor, and producer. From 2004-2013 he served as Director of the University of South Florida Center for Jazz Composition producing Central Florida’s “Jazz Masterworks Series” as well as inaugurating the “Jazz Composers’ Symposium” which he continues to produce, now under the aegis of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) where he serves as Founding President.
Awards and Honors[edit]
2018
- Grammy Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition (Warped Cowboy)
- Grammy Nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (All Hat, No Saddle)
- Grammy Nomination for Best Large Ensemble Album (Whispers on the Wind)
2014
- Grammy Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition (Bound Away)
- Grammy Nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (Side Hikes – A Ridge Away)
2009
- Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition
2000
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers / International Association of Jazz Educator's (now Jazz Education Network) Commission in honor of Louis Armstrong
Discography[edit]
As a Leader
| Title | Publisher | Year | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renderings | MAMA Records | 2023 | WDR Big Band |
| Within Us | MAMA Records | 2021 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| Whispers On the Wind | MAMA Records | 2017 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| River Runs[2] | MAMA Records | 2013 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| The Comet's Tail | MAMA Records | 2009 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| Here We Are | Seabreeze Records | 2004 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| Madcap | Seabreeze Records | 2001 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
| Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge | Seabreeze Records | 1996 | Jazz Surge Big Band |
As a Contributing Arranger/Composer
| Title | Publisher | Year | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylark | Adventure Music | 2009 | Tom Lellis / Netherlands Metropole Orchestra, |
| The Legacy of Benny Carter | 2004 | US Army Jazz Ambassadors | |
| Shadow and Light | Koch Jazz | 1999 | Leo Janssen / Netherlands Metropole Orch |
References[edit]
Jazz Scores & Analysis Vol. 2, Richard Lawn, Published by Sher Music