Jimmy Owens
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American jazz trumpeter, composer, lecturer, and educator
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- God Songs
- To the Chief Musician
- Bee Attitudes
- Newport Nightmare
- Restoring a nation's foundations
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-08-12
- Active to
- 2006-03-25
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,562
- Total plays
- 9,128
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1) Jimmy Owens is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and music education consultant. He has played with Count Basie, Hank Crawford, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Mann and many more. He was a member of the late 1960s hybrid classical and rock band, Ars Nova. 2) Jimmy Owens and Carol Owens are a husband and wife songwriting and author team. They are best known for the Christian children's album, Ants'hillvania which was nominated for the Grammy Award, Best Album for Childr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Family name
- Owens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- Afrobeat
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.jimmyowensjazz.com/bio.html
- Image
- Jimmy Owens.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jimmy Owens
- date of birth
- 1943-12-09
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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