Known as a consummate musician’s musician, Charles Owens has worked with Gerald Wilson, Miles Davis Duke Ellington and Buddy Rich among others. He is a master woodwind musician who maintains professional proficiency on tenor, alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon and English horn. His skilled musicianship and rare ability to produce original sounds on these instruments places him in demand as a jazz artist of international repute. Owens is well-known as a teacher who is busy as a faculty member of UC Irvine. He says his greatest passion is teaching young people.