In this video Billy Taylor and Jimmy Owens perform Gerry Mulligan's "Line for Lyons" at the Kennedy Center in 1999 with Chip Jackson bass, and Steve Johns drums.
Jimmy Owens who often plays the trumpet is playing the flugelhorn.
Jimmy Owens (born 1943) is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and music education consultant. He has played with Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Hank Crawford, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Herbie Mann, among many others. Since 1969, he has led his own group, Jimmy Owens Plus ... .
In the 1960s, he was a member of the hybrid classical and rock band Ars Nova. After Ars Nova ended, he was a member of the New York Jazz Sextet. Among the members of this group at various times were Sir Roland Hanna, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, and Tom McIntosh.
Between 1969 and 1972, Jimmy was a sideman on the David Frost Show whose musical director was Dr. Billy Taylor. Sidemen in this group included Frank Wess, Seldon Powell, Barry Galbraith, and Bob Cranshaw. Owens is an active member of the jazz education community. He also sits on the board of the Jazz Foundation of America which was founded in 1989. In 1990, the Jazz Musicians' Emergency Fund was founded to help individual musicians with medical, financial, and housing assistance after Jamil Nasser and Jimmy Owens presented this idea to the board. Both Jamil and Jimmy felt it was very important to help individual jazz muscians rather than organizations.
