The rhythms presented on award-winning drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr.'s latest album are not exactly A New Beat, as they have been heard in various configurations for at least eighty years or more, but ...

The news of a trombonist fronting a small jazz ensemble brings the name J.J. Johnson (1924-2001) to mind. He pioneered that form of jazz expression. Before he stepped onto the scene the big brass horn ...

When Ulysses Owens Jr. first arrived in Aspen, to study for a summer session with the JAS Academy in 2002, the 19-year-old was an ambitious and extraordinarily talented young jazz drummer. It was that ...

Sitting in the studio with his band, Generation Y, Owens Jr. listened as Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” filled their headsets. He had been tasked with covering the song by producers at the online music ...

There's still no word on whether the city's Jacksonville Jazz Festival will happen this year, but a local jazz educator is planning a jazz fest of his own. He said the headliner won't bring their own ...

Feted jazz drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. is returning to Orlando this week as a featured performer in Timucua Amplifies Black Voices programming. It’s the Timucua Arts Foundation’s performance series ...