Owen Howard: Jazz Musician in New York

About Owen Howard

Owen Howard is a New York City–based jazz musician whose work moves between vocal jazz and freer, open-ended improvisation. At Bar Bayeux he appears with Marty Ehrlich’s 4 Bass Hit project, alongside Jerome Harris, Adam Kolker, and Jeremy Stratton, in a setting that favors close listening and quick shifts in texture. His credits place him in the orbit of long-running downtown and uptown scene figures. Howard’s playing tends toward direct statement over display, using ensemble interplay as the primary engine.