"The Maestro"
 Calvin Owens
   

 
...and The Calvin Owens Jazz & Blues Orchestra

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Internationally famous trumpeter, composer and former orchestra conductor for BB King, returning to the USA after 15 years in Europe! Calvin is available with a 12 piece orchestra, his jazz/blues ensemble and/or individually for music workshops and lectures.
 
This noted composer, arranger, conductor and trumpet player
confirms his remarkable genius in his latest US releases..

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True Blue (2005 remix) 

Unlike jazz, where names such as Louis Armstrong, Freddie Hubbard, and Miles Davis easily come to mind, trumpeters -- apart from the legendary W.C. Handy -- have not played a central part in creating the mythos of the Blues. Long time B.B. King band member and arranger Calvin Owens takes a step toward rectifying that situation with this CD. The Houston, Texas native Owens, recently relocated to his home town, has formed his own blues orchestra and on 'True Blue' uses twenty-four (count 'em) musicians all told, with special guest appearances from luminaries such as Johnny Clyde Copeland and B.B. King himself, singer B.J. Scott and sax player David 'Fathead' Newman.

 
  

 

Now, Calvin Owens deserves more than ever his title as "The Maestro". Owens' recording credits: artist and producer for Memphis Tenn's Kiondict Recording Company. A & R director and studio musician for Peacock Recording Company of Houston, Texas. Arranger for A & M recording studios in L.A. California.
 Calvin acquired razor sharp experience gracing the greatest concert halls and music festivals throughout the world including a thrilling tour of Russia while serving as music director and trumpet soloist for famous B.B. KING. Also arranger, conductor and trumpet soloist on B.B. King's albums: Live in Ole Miss, B.B. King's Live in London, with Owens conducting the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra of London. And B.B. King's'84 Grammy Award winning album Jazz In'Blues.  

 
 Meanwhile, Owens'arranging and conducting have been on the MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, JACK JONES SHOW, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, JOHNNY CARSON'S TONIGHT SHOW. And recently recorded 6 original compositions for the BELGIAN RADIO & TELEVISION with the B. R.T. Jazz Orchestra.
 

 
Calvin conducting the BB King Orchestra
  

 Calvin also toured Europe and the States as arranger and trumpet soloist for
ARNETT COBB .

 

During the past few years, Owens has stepped out on his own producing the finest Jazz and Blues music known to the world today.

 
 Owens' provocative performance makes it clear that his reputation is indisputable. His flamboyant creations are protrayed in each and every musical note throughout his albums. The moment he strikes up his band, his music generates surprising range and power as well as an unidentifiable aesthetic quality. Mr Owens' trumpet work is precise and lyrical, sometimes gentle, sometimes rugged, and consistently mesmerizing.

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