Passionate Vibrancy
Known as one of Jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised Recording Artist, Bassist, and Composer who joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human, in 2018. Since then, Endea has won an Emmy, Grammy, and a George Foster Peabody Award.
In 2022, Endea composed an original piece about the life of Ida B. Wells entitled “Ida’s Crusade” for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that was also performed by the NYO Carnegie Hall Orchestra. Endea has premiered newly commissioned work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and served as the 2023 MAC Music Innovator with the organization. In addition to her work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Endea is the curator for the National Arts Club and is a fellow for “Jazz is Now!” with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, where she presents original compositions, curates series, and headlines performances.
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