R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND featuring the music of Charles Owens - Night 1

Andrew Randazzo (electric bassist for Butcher Brown) and Charles Owens have made music together for years. Now they’ve taken it to new heights with this bold, ambitious project. Andrew’s large ensemble (of which Charles is a founding member) is called R4ND4ZZO. It’s made up of 14 musicians who are all stars in there own right. These performances bring original compositions  by Charles and songs he’s famous for playing plus brand new, lovingly crafted arrangements of those compositions by master arranger and bassist Andrew Randazzo. All of these elements have come together to make this residency a unique and magical experience for everyone. These two shows will be R4ND4ZZO’s premier performance in Charlottesville.  We are excited and honored to have Charlottesville Jazz Society Co-sponsoring the events.

Charles Owens - tenor saxophone, compositions

Andrew Randazzo - electric bass, arrangements

Devonne Harris - drums

JC Kuhl - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

Suzi Fisher - alto saxophone, flute

Kevin Simpson - tenor saxophone, flute

Stefan Demetriadis - bass trombone

Ben Weisiger - trombone

Pete Davis - trombone

Will Evans - trumpet

Marcus Tenney - trumpet

Sam Koff - trumpet

Bob Miller - trumpet