Tue Oct 1
Chuck Owen & ReSurgence
9:30PM / $30 | $7 Fees Get Tickets
Chuck Owen & ReSurgence
ReSurgence is a septet born as an outgrowth of Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge - recipients of 7 Grammy nominations. Featuring Sara Caswell on violin and Kate McGarry's radiant voice, heir eclectic music is grounded in the jazz tradition but embraces influences from folk, roots, Latin and other genres. Their 2024 release, "Magic Light" has receive widespread acclaim and air play.
Chuck Owen
The recipient of five individual GRAMMY nominations and a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, Chuck Owen’s compositions have been performed widely; by the Netherlands’ Metropole Orch., WDR Big Band, Brussels Jazz Orch., Aarhus Big Band, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orch., and numerous others. Chuck’s evocative and intensely personal work is steeped in the jazz tradition but draws liberally and playfully from a diverse array of influences.
Since 1995, Owen’s primary creative outlet has been his own 19-piece Jazz Surge. Conductor as well as primary composer/arranger, he has produced each of the Surge’s 7 highly feted CDs. Whispers On the Wind, released in 2017, was recognized with 4 GRAMMY Nominations while named #1 Big Band Album in the annual Jazz Station Awards. River Runs (2013), a stunning 5-movement genre-bending orchestral/big band hybrid and The Comet’s Tail (2009) also received GRAMMY nominations. Their most recent recording Within Us (2021) was celebrated with a sold-out performance at NY’s Birdland while multiple critics acclaimed it one of the year’s best jazz releases.
Renderings, Chuck’s 2023 album project in collaboration with the renown WDR Big Band, received rave reviews worldwide, making the lists of several annual top 10 releases. Meanwhile, ReSurgence, his new septet featuring several members from the Jazz Surge along with the luminescent vocalist, Kate McGarry, released their first album, Magic Light, in Spring 2024 amidst a flurry of performances & tours.
Retired from the University of South Florida where he taught for 40 years, Chuck was accorded the title of “Distinguished Professor Emeritus”. He served as the founding President of ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers) for over 8 years and continues on its Board as Past President. He’s also served as President of IAJE and panelist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, the NEA, ASCAP, the Recording Academy, and numerous others.
9:30PM / $30 | $7 Fees Get Tickets
1. Final sale, no refunds, not transferable.
2. $15 food/beverage minimum per person not included in ticket price.
3. Seating first come at the door. Doors open 6 PM & 8:45 PM respectively.
4. Photography or Recording of any kind is prohibited during the performance.
5. Keep conversation to a minimum during the performance.