Name: Ulysses Owens Jr’s Generation Y Swing Series 2024 TD JazzYYC Summer Festival
Start: 2024-06-26T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-06-26T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Festival Hall

$Ulysses Owens Jr\u2019s Generation Y Swing Series 2024 TD JazzYYC Summer Festival$

Ulysses Owens Jr., drums
Thomas Milovac, bass
Tyler Bullock, piano
Erena Terakubo, saxophone
Benny Benack III, trumpet
Ulysses Owens Jr is a drummer who The New York Times has said “take[s] a back seat to no one,” and “a musician who balances excitement gracefully and shines with innovation.” A performer, producer, and educator, he goes the limit in the jazz world and beyond; claiming eight successful albums of his own.
Ulysses Owens Jr has also gained special attention for his performances on GRAMMY Award-winning albums by Kurt Elling and The Christian McBride Big Band. In addition to five Grammy nominated albums with Joey Alexander, Christian McBride Trio, John Beasley’s Monk’estra, and Gregory Porter. Both Jazziz and Rolling Stone Magazines picked his album Songs of Freedom, as a Top Ten Album for 2019 and in 2021 his most recent Big Band release, Soul Conversations, was voted the top album in May 2021 by JazzIz Magazine and received rave reviews. The album was added to multiple playlists on Apple Music, Spotify, and Sirius XM, and now the band is touring internationally.