Owen Boxwell

Owen Boxwell is a guitarist and co-leader of the Boxwell / Feldman Group. He began playing guitar at the age of 8. He fell in love with jazz when he heard Bill Evans' album "Explorations" and joined the jazz band at Hamilton International Middle School. He was soon winning outstanding soloist awards at many different jazz festivals including University of Portland, Clark College, Bellevue College, and Lionel Hampton. In 2014 he won the Ralph Patt full tuition guitar scholarship to Mel Brown jazz camp. In high school he began playing professionally as a leader and sideman with many Seattle musicians including Milo Petersen, Alex Dugdale, D'vonne Lewis, Jared Hall, Susan Pascal, Randy Halberstadt, and others. He, along with Ben Feldman, has also had the privilege of performing with the great Matt Wilson. His many influences include Sonny Rollins, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall, McCoy Tyner, Hank Mobley, Ike Quebec, Ben Webster, and Chris Potter. He is currently a student at Garfield High School, where he is a member of the top jazz band.

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