Charles Owens Quartet: Jazz Ensemble in New York

About 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. The quartet treats familiar material as a framework for close listening and fast, on-the-stand decisions. The playing tends to favor line, time, and conversation over display.