Grammy, Emmy, and Peabody Award winner, Endea Owens is hailed as one of jazz's most vibrant and versatile artists. The Detroit-raised recording artist, bassist, and composer has been mentored by jazz icons like Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Cyrus Chestnut to name a few.
Her extraordinary career trajectory began in 2018, when upon graduation for The Julliard School, she was invited to join The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, Endea's work has appeared on Jon Batiste's Grammy Award-winning album We Are, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R's widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance
As a composer, Endea has won acclaim. Her 2022 piece about the life of Ida B. Wells entitled "Ida's Crusade" for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and was also performed by the NYO Carnegie Hall Orchestra. Endea has also premiered a newly commissioned work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as the 2023 MAC Music Innovator with the organization. Dedicated to the future of jazz, Endea is the curator for the National Arts Club and also a fellow for "Jazzis Now!" with the National Jazz Musuem in Harlem, where she presents original compositions, curates series, and headlines performances. Beyond the stage and studio, her work has added edge and energy to fashion brans Pyer Moss and Glossier. Endea's debut album "Feel Good Music" was released in 2023.
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