Jowee Omicil

Joseph Omicil, Jr, known professionally as '''Jowee BasH! Omicil''', is a Haitian-Canadian jazz musician. He has worked in the past with artists such as Randy Kerber, Ibrahim Maalouf, Tony Allen, Jacob Desvarieux, Roy Hargrove, Michel Martelly, Glen Ballard and Francisco Mela. Born in Montreal, Omicil spends his time between Miami and Paris.

Early life
Jowee Omicil was born to Rose-Annette Innocent and Joseph C. Omicil, a pastor. Omicil's mother passed when he was only 5 years old.

Career
Omicil was 15 when his father enrolled him in music school, much to his own surprise. The intent was to have him learn an instrument to accompany the church choir. However Omicil was directed away from his first choice of the piano which already had too many students and he eventually chose the alto saxophone. Three years into his studies Omicil was offered a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he majored in Music Education. Later on he also attended the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz among the 20 finalists and was featured on BET Jazz. Over the course of his career Omicil has played with a number of prominent musicians such as Branford Marsalis, Richard Bona, Kenny Garrett, Marcus Miller, Pharoah Sanders, Wyclef Jean, Harold Faustin and Cimafunk to name a few. In July 2018 Omicil served as master of ceremony at a tribute concert celebrating Quincy Jones' 85th birthday at Montreux, Switzerland. Omicil appears in the Damien Chazelle-created Netflix show The Eddy. 2020 and 2021 has been very productive for Jowee BasH! He used his time during the pandemic to release a solo album, "LeKture"! In parallel he did a creation " Y Pati ", a duet with the American Hollywood pianist Randy Kerber, whom he met on the set of the series The Eddy! Y Pati was released in December 2020! Also, the "Big In Jazz Collective" was born with the release in July 2021 of the Album "Global". Finally at the end of 2020 Jowee returns to the studio with the brothers Louis and François Moutin and they recorded "M.O.M" which was released in September 2021 on Laborie Jazz Records. Without forgetting other numerous collaborations, with artists from all horizons such as Anne Sila, Ibrahim Maalouf, Napoleon Maddox & Sorg, Kandy Guira, Sopico, Kazy Lambist, Pongo...

Soundtrack

 * 2013: Ayiti Toma, The Land of The Living, documentary by Joseph Hillel
 * 2020: THE EDDY Netflix Show Joanna Kulig (vocals), Jorja Smith (Vocals), Sopico (Vocals), Jowee Omicil (saxophones), Randy Kerber (piano), Damian Nueva (bass), Ludovic Louis (Trumpets), Lada Obradovic (drums)

Movie
https://www.festival-cannes.com/f/le-temps-d-aimer// www.biginjazz.com/ www.thebashfilm.com/
 * 2023: Le Temps D'Aimer, Film by Katell Quillévéré
 * 2021: Big In Jazz Collective, documentary by Marina Jallier
 * 2020: The Eddy, Netflix show, directed by Damien Chazelle, Houda Benyamina, Laïla Marrakchi and Alan Poul
 * 2019: This Is The Bash, feature documentary by Mario Tahi Lathan