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Owen Broder
Broder is a member of the GRAMMY® nominated Anat Cohen Tentet and the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet and has performed with internationally respected artists such as Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project, Trio Globo, and YouTube sensation Postmodern Jukebox.
An award-winning composer and arranger, Broder writes for his own ensembles and a variety of others. His composition Goin’ Up Home earned him a 2018 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, and in 2020 he received a commission grant from the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers. The projects Broder leads are marked by creativity and originative thinking. UNCSA’s 2021 Artpreneur of the Year Award and the 2018 Eastman/ArtistShare® New Artist program recognized his entrepreneurial ventures for their creative musical programming, innovative presentation, and meaningful impact on the community.
Broder grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and also has hometown ties to Detroit, MI, and Washington, D.C. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master’s from the Manhattan School of Music.
Awards
2021 UNCSA Alumni Artpreneur Grant Recipient 2020 International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers Grant Recipient 2018 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award 2017 Umbria Jazz Festival: Conad Competition Finalist (Cowboys & Frenchmen) 2017 Eastman/ArtistShare New Artist 2016 DC Jazz Festival: DC JazzPrix Competition Finalist (Cowboys & Frenchmen) 2015 DownBeat Student Music Award: Best Graduate Small Group Arrangement
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Anthony Orgeta, Johnny Hodges & Owen Broder
by Joe Dimino
With a healthy dose of reverence, we begin the 778th Episode of Neon Jazz with Brooklyn saxophonist Owen Broder doing his take of Royal Garden Blues" off his 2022 project Hodges Front and Center Volume 1. From there, we hear from Johnny Hodges himself with the song Rabbit Pie" followed by the talented Melody Diachun covering Sting. Then, we hear from Sting himself with A Touch of Jazz." Then it's on to a good dose of new material from Ernesto ...
read moreOwen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center, Vol.1
by Pierre Giroux
Johnny Hodges was a unique instrumentalist whose alto saxophone playing was readily recognizable due to his tone, phrasing, and melodic engagement in improvisation. For the greater part of his musical life, he was anchored in the middle chair of the Duke Ellington Orchestra's saxophone section. However Hodges never turned down an opportunity to stretch out in a small group setting on such albums as Back To Back and Side By Side. Additionally, there were several sessions with organist Wild Bill ...
read moreCowboys & Frenchmen: Our Highway
by Jack Bowers
Okay, the name may be rather out of the ordinary (Cowboys & Frenchmen?), but once past that, what remains is a burnished New York City-based quintet whose music might best be described as decidedly liberated and contemporary. This isn't free" jazz wherein each member of the group goes his own separate way; there is, however, a large share of free-lancing within the established boundaries of melody, harmony and rhythm that moderate all save the most ungoverned forms of the music. ...
read moreOwen Broder: Heritage
by Angelo Leonardi
Il trombonista Owen Broder ha evidenziato le sue doti di sassofonista e autore in due dischi pubblicati col quintetto Cowboys and Frenchmen" co-diretto con il collega Ethan Helm. Soprattutto nel secondo Bluer Than You Think (Outside In Music, 2016) l'intento d'ispirarsi alle radici musicali nord-americane, entro un vivace modern mainstream con qualche sperimentazione, è risultato fresco e fantasioso. L'ultimo lavoro compie un bel passo avanti, presentando un ampio organico con nuovi e brillanti componenti che eseguono partiture ...
read moreOwen Broder: Heritage
by Jerome Wilson
The cross-pollination of jazz and folk music is nothing new, but saxophonist Owen Broder does push things forward in this exploration of the idea, asking five different composers from varying generations and backgrounds to each write their own take on American folk music for an eight-piece ensemble. Besides Broder himself, the compositions and arrangements come from Miho Hazama, Bill Holman, Jim McNeely, Ryan Truesdell and Alphonso Horne. Holman, whose career stretches back to working for Stan Kenton in ...
read more"Broder employs a past-via-the-present compositional technique with ingenuity and skill, producing music of genuine warmth and majesty." Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz Magazine
"Owen Broder plays with gospel-soaked gravitas." Raul da Gama, World Music Report
Primary Instrument
Saxophone
Location
New York City
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
Information and rates available at owenbroder.com.
Clinic/Workshop Information
Information at owenbroder.com/teaching.
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Music
Royal Garden Blues
From: Hodges Front and Center Vol 1By Owen Broder
Where Is your Wealth
From: Our HighwayBy Owen Broder