Endea Owens and The Cookout

Bursting with energy and positive vibes, Endea Owens and The Cookout will feed your soul with their signature sound — feel-good music that blends jazz, soul, and global influences into a vibrant and deeply personal mix.

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About the Artist

Known as one of Jazz’s most dynamic emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised recording artist, bassist, and composer. She has been mentored by Jazz icons the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Steve Turre, to name a few.

In 2018, Owens graduated from The Juilliard School and joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, Owens has won an Emmy, a Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Endea’s work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album “We Are”, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance.

In 2020, Endea Ownes founded the Community Cookout, a non-profit organization born out of the COVID-19 pandemic that provides meals and music to underserved neighborhoods in New York City. To date, her organization has helped feed close to 3,000 New Yorkers and has hosted over a dozen free music concerts.

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