10 Years (Anniversary Edition) Charles Owens Trio

• 1 Cameron The Wise 05:04
• 2 Caught Up In The Rapture 07:49
• 3 Interlude I 00:40
• 4 Angelica 05:42
• 5 Central Park West 07:45
• 6 Interlude II 00:25
• 7 If 6 was 9 05:28
• 8 Interlude III 01:07
• 9 I Saw The Light 06:13
• 10 Interlude IV 01:12
• 11 Tell Me A Bedtime Story 08:32
• 12 Interlude V 01:04
• 13 Continuum 07:02
• 14 Misty Mountain Hop 05:05
• 15 The Rainbow Connection 05:38
• Total Runtime 01:08:46

Info zu 10 Years (Anniversary Edition)

On June 11, 2021, the Charles Owens Trio will release 10 Years, a set of passionate, hard-grooving recordings that showcase the group’s signature jazz-funk sound. Traversing a constellation of styles — from afrobeat, to jazz ballads, to psychedelic rock — the Trio brings the unbridled energy and fierce musicality that have made them a mainstay of clubs in New York, Charlottesville, and their beloved hometown Richmond, VA.

At the heart of 10 Years is a decidedly celebratory spirit. The Trio went into the studio to toast a decade of existence together, and to document the powerful chemistry they’ve cultivated through countless hours on the bandstand. They built their tracklist as a loving ode to some of their favorite songs, drawn from all across their lives. “The music you learn when you’re really impressionable — like when you’re a child — it sticks with you forever,” says bandleader and saxophonist Charles Owens. “It’s in your soul. When I choose all these songs now for the record, I choose them because they mean a lot to me.”

From the opening note, Owens, bassist Andrew Randazzo, and drummer Devonne Harris pack a gut punch. They kick off with Cameron the Wise, an afrobeat original and live-show favorite captured for the first time in studio. Track after track, they flex their unique ability to be both supremely melodic and deeply groove-oriented. Owens can go tender and mystical on John Coltrane’s classic Central Park West, then turn around and throw haymakers on Jimi Hendrix’s psychedelic trip If 6 Was 9. Randazzo can anchor tunes like Caught Up in the Rapture, then bust out a gorgeous, extended electric bass solo such as he does on Continuum. And Harris moves seamlessly between funk, swing, thundering solos and more — sometimes within one track like he does on Angelica.

Recorded in a single, blistering six-hour session, 10 Years is a legitimate musical journey, and a testament to the powerful connection that exists between members of the Trio. “What was going on in the studio that day was me being really vulnerable and okay with it because I have a band that I’ve been together with for ten years, and man, they were so right there for me the whole time,” recounts Owens. Rarely can a group take on such a diverse slate of material and sound so utterly themselves at every turn. This is an album not simply for lovers of a certain genre or time period, but for people who enjoy music played with skill and the realest of passion.

Charles Owens, tenor saxophone
Andrew Randazzo, electric bass
Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison, drums

Recorded July 10, 2020 at Montrose Studios in Richmond, Virginia
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Adrian Olsen

Charles Owens
is a master tenor saxophonist, composer, band leader, recording artist, and educator and has been performing, composing, and teaching for over 25 years.

After attending the New School and working as a musician in New York City from 1992 to 2004, he is currently living in Richmond, VA. Charles is an integral part of the vibrant music scene there and in Charlottesville, VA. He also travels back to New York City several times a year to perform at venues such as Smalls, The Django, Fat Cat and others, with his trio. He has made 9 albums as a leader and appeared and continues to appear on a plethora of recordings as a hired soloist. He’s performed with such jazz luminaries as Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, Omer Avital, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brian Blade, Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Ari Hoenig, Alexander Claffy, Jeff Watts, and Joel Frahm among many others. He has devoted his life to pursuing excellence in music and bringing peace and happiness to his fellow humans with his saxophone playing, performing, and composing.

Andrew Randazzo
is a bassist, composer, and educator based in Richmond, Virginia. A founding member of the genre-bending band Butcher Brown, he has toured internationally and recorded extensively, earning recognition for his versatility on both electric and upright bass. In addition to his work with Butcher Brown, Andrew leads R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND, an ensemble dedicated to performing his original compositions and arrangements.

He also serves as Professor of Bass at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches bass guitar and upright bass. Balancing performance and education, Andrew continues to expand his artistic voice while training the next generation of musicians to thrive across diverse musical settings.

Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison
Richmond, Virginia, has a reputation for producing artists both historically fluent and forward-thinking — you won’t find a better example of this than in the prolific catalogue of Devonne Andre Harris, AKA DJ Harrison. ‘ElectroSoul’, the producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist’s eleventh LP, came to life following a health scare and unexpected stay in hospital; a period of stillness kick-started a new wave of creativity, cooking up eighteen tracks that bridge past and present — groove-driven improvisational music fusing jazz, funk, neo-soul and indie rock by way of jangly guitar tones and math-rock minimalism.

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