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Trumpeters · b. 1943

Jimmy Owens

American jazz trumpeter, composer, lecturer, and educator

Born: 9 December 1943
New York City
Country: United States
Record labels: Columbia Records

Biography

Jimmy Owens is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Jimmy Owens was born on 9 December 1943 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz and Afrobeat. Record labels: Columbia Records. Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Jimmy Owens (born December 9, 1943) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator. He has played with Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Hank Crawford, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Herbie Mann, among many others. Since 1969, he has led his own group, Jimmy Owens Plus.

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Also plays on

Albums where Jimmy Owens is credited as a sideman

1970	Louis Armstrong and His Friends — Louis Armstrong	flugelhorn, trumpet
1982	It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing — Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer	trumpet