{"id":408488,"date":"2026-09-23T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408488\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:32:12","slug":"chuck-owen-tampa-jazz-composer-nominated-for-seven-grammys-celebrates-30-years-of-jazz-surge-big-band-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408488\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Owen, Tampa jazz composer nominated for seven Grammys, celebrates 30 years of Jazz Surge big band this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AChuck Owen at Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Credit: Stephen Splane \/ Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on Grammy-credentials alone (he\u2019s been nominated seven times), Chuck Owen<\/a> is easily one of the most famous artists Tampa Bay has ever produced.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the jazz composer and former University of South Florida professor celebrates the 30th anniversary of his big band, Jazz Surge. And instead of looking back during a four-night run of concerts\u2014including these two in New Tampa\u2014Owen told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that the ensemble will play material that\u2019s been written over the last 18 months.<\/p>\n

The lineup and guestbook for the Surge is stacked beyond comprehension, too. Brecker Brother Randy Brecker has one of the trumpets (Frank Greene, Clay Jenkins have the others), and there are Grammy winners (drummer-composer Terri Lyne Carrington), world class vibraphonists (Warren Wolf), violinists (Sara Caswell), saxophonists (Dave Pietro), and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve gone all in on this project,\u201d Owen, 71, told CL. \u201cAfter all, I\u2019m not getting any younger!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets to see Chuck Owen & Jazz Surge at New Tampa Performing Arts Center in Tampa on Friday-Saturday, Sept. 25-26 are still available and start at $40 ($10 for students).<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in Sept. 24 \u2013 30, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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