Charles Owens Quartet
About This Event
Charles M. Brown, professionally Charles Owens, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. He leads a quartet at Smalls Jazz Club that follows his working-group approach—using standards and originals as material for close listening and quick decisions, favoring line, time and conversation over showmanship, and leaving space for each player to steer the music in real time.
About the Artists
Charles Owens
Charles M. Brown, better known as Charles Owens, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Owens should not be confused with Charles Owens, an American jazz saxophonist born in 1972 who has recorded for Fresh Sound Records.
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.