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Steve Owen - The Original Playful Musician! Saxophonist, Composer and Director of Jazz at University of Oregon
Steve Owen - The Original Playful Musician! Saxophonist, Composer and Director of Jazz at University of Oregon
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Length:
99 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Steve Owen is a saxophonist, composer, and the Director of Jazz Studies at University of Oregon. He is the founder and co-director of the Oregon Jazz Festival, an annual workshop for college, junior high, and high school jazz ensembles, the University of Oregon Summer Jazz Improvisation Camp, and is on the faculty of the University of Kansas’ jazz camp. Steve is the original playful musician and was a big inspiration for this podcast. He joins The Playful Musician to chat about how music has been his playground his entire life. Steve shares about how he loves practicing and how he recently took a huge hiatus from playing the saxophone. We discuss his practice routine, writing process, and the evolution of jazz pedagogy. Steve shares his current favorite tunes, who inspires him, and about his plans for the future.
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (51)
The Origins of The Playful Musician: In this short episode Steve reveals the origins of the podcast, how it came to be and the intention going forward. by The Playful Musician