Jowee Omicil

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Jowee Omicil
Birth nameJoseph Omicil Jr.
Born (1977-12-01) December 1, 1977 (age 43)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsWind
Years active2005–present
Labels
  • Jazz Village
  • BBjuiss Records
  • Bakfoul Records
  • Jowee Juise Inc.
Websitewww.joweeomicil.com

Joseph Omicil, Jr, known professionally as Jowee Omicil, is a Haitian-Canadian jazz musician.[1] He has worked in the past with artists such as Tony Allen, Jacob Desvarieux, Roy Hargrove, Michel Martelly and Francisco Mela. Born in Montreal, Omicil spends his time between Miami and Paris.[2][3]

Early life[]

Jowee Omicil was born to Rose-Annette Innocent and Joseph C. Omicil, a pastor.[4][2] Omicil's mother passed when he was only 5 years old.[2]

Career[]

Omicil was 15 when his father enrolled him in music school, much to his own surprise.[5] The intent was to have him learn an instrument to accompany the church choir. However Omicil was directed away from his first choice of the piano which already had too many students and he eventually chose the alto saxophone.[2] Three years into his studies Omicil was offered a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he majored in Music Education. Later on he also attended the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz among the 20 finalists and was featured on BET Jazz. Over the course of his career Omicil has played with a number of prominent musicians such as Branford Marsalis, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Marcus Miller, Pharoah Sanders, Wyclef Jean and Marlon Saunders to name a few. In July 2018 Omicil served as master of ceremony at a tribute concert celebrating Quincy Jones' 85th birthday at Montreux, Switzerland.[3] Omicil appears in the Damien Chazelle-created Netflix show The Eddy.[6]

Private life[]

Omicil has one daughter, Marissah Jann, born December 10, 2004.[7] He is married to French music publicist Frédérique Anabel Miguel Omicil.[8]

Discography[]

As leader[]

Year Title Label Featured personnel
2018 Love Matters! Jazz Village Jowee Omicil (cornet, flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone); Laurent Emmanuel (drums); Tilo Bertholo (drums); Kona Khasu (electric bass) Jeffrey Deen (percussion, voice); Jean-Philippe Dary (piano); Jonathan Jurion (piano)
2017 Let's BasH Jazz Village tbd
2014 Naked BBjuiss Records & Bakfoul Records tbd
2009 Roots and Grooves BBjuiss Records tbd
2006 Let's Do this Jowee Juise Inc. tbd

As personnel[]

Year Title Label Featured personnel
2011 Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari: Tree Of Life Half Note Francisco Mela (drums, vocals); Elio Villafranca (piano); Leo Genovese (piano); Uri Gurvich (saxophone); Ben Monder (guitar); Luques Curtis (bass); Mauricio Herrera (percussion); Esperanza Spalding (vocals) track 4; Peter Slavov (bass); Arturo Stable (percussion); Jowee Omicil (saxophone)

References[]

  1. ^ Jazz, All About. "Jowee Omicil @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The 'Roots And Grooves' Of Haiti's Wind Master". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jowee Omicil, électron libre…". RFI Musique (in French). 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. ^ "La discothèque de Jowee Omicil". www.franceinter.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. ^ Jowee Omicil By BlackNews (1ère partie), retrieved 2019-12-28
  6. ^ "Netflix révèle le casting dingue de "The Eddy", la série de Damien Chazelle". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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