[3] He has performed with jazz musicians such as Max Roach, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Kenny Barron, Count Basie, Benny Golson, Billy Taylor, Lionel Hampton, Hank Crawford, and Gerald Wilson among others.

[3] Owens began playing the trumpet at the age of fourteen under the tutelage of Donald Byrd and later studied music composition with Henry Brant.

[2] Owens graduated from The High School of Music & Art in New York City when he was aged 14,[1] and subsequently attended the University of Massachusetts, where he obtained his master's degree in Education.

Among the members of this group at various times were Sir Roland Hanna, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, and Tom McIntosh.

[2] At the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival, Owens was one of the youngest trumpet players present to participate in a tribute that was played in the honor Louis Armstrong.

That same year, Owens released his first album, No Escaping It (1970), on which he seamlessly demonstrated his musical edge while maintaining a warm tone, along with decisive notation.

[5] In the 1970s, Owens did a great deal of travelling and began doing yearly European Tours in Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, England, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

[3] In 1989, Owens released an album called The Jazz Mobile Allstars, featuring Billy Taylor, Frank Wess, Victor Gaskin, Ted Dunbar and Bobby Thomas.

In 1996, Bob Crenshaw, Jamil Nasser, Benny Powell and Owens helped to revitalize the Jazz Advisory Committee at Local 802 in New York City.

In 2007, he released an album called Peaceful Walking, which was recorded in Italy and contains original songs performed with Great Italian trio Capiozzo- Mecco & Santimone (drum-hammond- guitar).

Not only does his professional musicianship merit acknowledgement and respect, but his role of being an outspoken advocate concerning the welfare of musicians and the jazz culture of America reflects his generosity towards others.

[5] His career as a music educator has led him to positions conducting workshops, teaching seminars, giving lectures, and holding concerts at numerous institutes around the world.

"[6] With Louis Armstrong With Bill Barron With Kenny Barron With Gary Bartz With Willie Bobo With Kenny Burrell With Jaki Byard With Billy Cobham With Hank Crawford With Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer With Teddy Edwards With Dizzy Gillespie With Billy Harper With Milt Jackson With The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra With Clifford Jordan With Eric Kloss With Yusef Lateef With Hubert Laws With Junior Mance With Herbie Mann With Les McCann With Charles Mingus With James Moody With Oliver Nelson With David "Fathead" Newman With Archie Shepp With Billy Taylor With Buddy Terry With Charles Tolliver With Joe Zawinul With Larry Willis With Gerald Wilson With All Star group With others Jimmy Owens Plus ... Jimmy Owens Honors and awards