Calvin Owens (April 23, 1929 – February 21, 2008) was an American blues trumpeter, bandleader, and composer/arranger.
[1] Owens grew up in Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood and was influenced by Louis Armstrong.
King, Pete Mayes, T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, David "Fathead" Newman, Arnett Cobb, Junior Parker, Otis Turner, Willie Nelson and Johnny Bush.
[3] The son of Blanche Ware and adopted father Sam Owens; Owen's mother, who was from New Orleans, related to Calvin her memories of Louis Armstrong playing in the jazz city when she was a young teenager.
[2] Owens graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1949 but had, by that time, already started playing professionally.