Chuck’s septet, ReSurgence, continued its “Magic Light” tour this fall with over a dozen enthusiastically received performances and clinics at noted jazz clubs and universities in 9 cities across 5 States. Venues included DC’s venerable “Blues Alley” and Cincinnati’s “Café Vivace” while the band dodged Hurricane Helene as it carved its way through western No. Carolina. University appearances included:

• Univ. of So. Carolina
• Furman
• UNC School of the Arts
• Radford Univ.
• Univ. of Louisville

Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge are delighted to announce their scheduled appearance at the 2023 JEN (Jazz Education Network) Conference on Wed., Jan 4^th at 10:15 PM! Can’t make that?  Well, the ensemble will also return to perform an intimate club set at Pilar’s Martini in Winter Garden (the last one sold out!) and at the Pasco Center for the Performing Arts.  Dates are:

Wednesday, Jan 4^th 2023 – JEN Conference – Omni Orlando Hotel @ 10:15 PM
Friday, Jan. 6^th 2023 – Center for the Arts, Wesley Chapel, Tampa – 8:00 PM         Tickets
Saturday, Jan 7^th 2023 – Winter Garden/Orlando, beginning @ 8:00 PM.        Tickets

After a Covid-influenced hiatus, Chuck’s new sextet “ReSurgence” will return with a Central Florida mini-tour in January, 2023. Dates are still being set but include:

Sunday, Jan 8^th 2023 – Palladium Theater (St. Pete) @ 4:00pm   Tickets
Wednesday, Jan 11^th 2023 – Pilars Jazz Club, Winter Garden (Orlando) @ 7:30pm Tickets

“Renderings” – Chuck’s debut album project with the phenomenal WDR Big Band is set for a Feb., 2023 Release. Recorded over two trips to the famed German studio, this project is something of a departure from those with the Surge as it primarily features arrangements – Chuck’s highly original re-imaginings or “Renderings”, if you will.  A Sinatra standard, a Chick Corea work, 3 scintillating compositions from the band’s personnel, and even a couple of Chuck’s own pieces are shone in a new light.  More soon!

Chuck will lead the Surge in a series of 3 consecutive one-night performances across Central Florida this Spring. . . . the band’s first FL performances since 2017 when they debuted their prior album “Whispers on the Wind” at the Jazz Composers’ Symposium in Tampa.

• March 23 – Pilars (Martini), Winter Garden  pilarsmartini.ticketleap.com
• March 24 – Univ. of South Florida Concert Hall, Tampa 7:30 PM  https://www.ticketmaster.com/chuck-owen-and-the-jazz-surge-tampa-florida-03-24-2022/event/0D005C2BE5C4D19D
• March 25 – Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa 7:30 PM   https://efsc.booktix.com

The ensemble will continue celebrating 25 years of Surge recordings as well performing material from “Within Us” for the first time in FL.