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Originally published on July 1, 2021 1:50 pm
If you know of Endea Owens, there s a good chance you know her as house bassist for
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her role in that setting is foundational, laying the groove that gives bandleader Jon Batiste room to soar. But there s another way Owens holds it down at street level, and it reflects a conviction flowing out of her own experience.
Owens came up in Detroit with a loving family that endured financial hardship. She found a jazz mentor there in bassist and educator Rodney Whitaker, who recognized her talent straightaway. She ended up in New York City to attend Juilliard, quickly making an impression and not only on peers like Batiste. Lincoln Center anointed her one of its Emerging Artists of 2019.
New Yorkâs Pop-Up Concerts Kick Off With Jazz at a Vaccination Site
The musician Jon Batiste led a band through the Javits Center to begin half a year of unannounced performances throughout the state.
Jon Batiste (center) and his band Stay Human march through the Javits Center during the first NY PopsUp event on Saturday.Credit.Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
Feb. 21, 2021
It seemed at first like a small, no-frills concert in a carefully controlled environment: The jazz musician Jon Batiste sitting at a piano in an auditorium at the Javits Center on Manhattanâs West Side, performing for an audience of about 50 health care workers seated in evenly spaced rows â some wearing scrubs, others Army fatigues.