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Heralded as a “powerhouse of a showman” (Glide Magazine), a “legitimate jazz triple threat” (Critical Jazz) and a drummer who “take[s] a back seat to no one” (The New York Times), performer, producer and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. goes the limit in the jazz world and beyond. One of the most sought-after drummers of his generation, Owens sets the mark. From GRAMMY award-winning performances with Christian McBride’s acclaimed Trio and Big Band to world tours with Kurt Elling and Joey Alexander, Owens’s artistic command of percussion has earned him positions in some of the most successful jazz ensembles of the 21st century

Album

Around the World with U

By Ulysses Owens, Jr.

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Prodigal Son; Bebop & Confirmation; Espresso; Morning Prayer; Mo’ Betta Blues; New York; The Light That Grew Amonst Us; Little Girl Power; Stardust; Road Life; I’m Not So Sure.

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Make Someone Happy

By Danny Sinoff

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Taking A Chance On Love; I Left My Heart In San Francisco; Three Little Words; All I Need Is The Girl; Make Someone Happy; I Won’t Dance; Mood Indigo; I’m An Old Cowhand; Charade; Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word; Black Coffee

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Giants

By Barry Greene

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Backtrack; Unit 7; Green Street; Question and Answer; SOS; My One and Only Love; Mugshot; In Her Room; Jingles; El Hombre.

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Torch Bearers

By Brian Lynch

Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2026
Track listing: Luck of the Draw; The Joy of Love; Kyle’s Dilemma; 7-24; Luminescence; Pursuit of a Dream; The Juggler; But Beautiful; Blue ‘n Boogie.

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Steps Taken

By Eli Howell

Label: D Clef
Released: 2026
Track listing: One For Steve; I Remember Al; For Garrison; A Clear Sky; One For Steve; Reimagined; Alone Together; Say When; Dear Helen; A Vontade Mesmo

Album

Lineage

By Andrew Kim

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Kimposter; The World Falls Away; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; Cube Steak; Nostos; Welcome Home; Discovered Ease; Bit of Heaven; Awaken; Stella by Starlight.

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Kind of Grunge

By Ulysses Owens, Jr.

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Touch Me I’m Sick; Even Flow; Would?; Disarm; Smells Like Team Spirit; Wooden Jesus; Spoonman; Interstate Love Song; In Bloom; Celebrity Skin; Heart-Shaped Box; Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Article: Album Review

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Kind of Grunge

Read "Kind of Grunge" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 26, 2026

New York-based master drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. is back, Generation Y in tow, with another generous helping of so-called “grunge jazz" deftly transformed to straight-ahead patterns in a style similar to that of the legendary Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. This is not, however, precisely the same Generation Y that recorded the well-received ...