Charles Owens Quartet
About This Event
Charles Owens leads a working quartet at Smalls Jazz Club, drawing on standards and his own originals as a framework for close listening and in-the-moment decisions. The group emphasizes line, time and ensemble conversation over display, favoring clarity and responsiveness so the music unfolds as small-group interplay rather than solo exhibition.
About the Artists
Charles Owens
Charles Owens, born Charles M. Brown, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist whose work centers on small-group interplay. In New York City he leads a working quartet at Smalls Jazz Club, drawing on standards and original material as a framework for close listening and quick, in-the-moment decisions.
Charles Owens Quartet
The Charles Owens Quartet is led by saxophonist and flautist Charles Owens (Charles M. Brown), a working-band leader whose projects also include the Charles Owens Quintet. In New York City, the group appears at Smalls Jazz Club, where the set list moves between standards and Owens’s originals.
Charles Owens Quintet
The Charles Owens Quintet is a New York City–based jazz group led by saxophonist Charles Owens, heard regularly in small-room settings where ensemble interplay carries the set. At Smalls Jazz Club, the band works in the working-group tradition, using standards and originals as material for close listening and quick decisions.