Ugonna Okegwo (born March 15, 1962) is a German-Nigerian jazz bassist and composer based in New York City.

He then joined trombonist Lou Blackburn's group for a tour in Europe and played with Joe Newman, Oliver Jackson and Major Holley.

[1] In 1989 Okegwo moved to New York City and worked with saxophonists Big Nick Nicholas, Junior Cook and James Spaulding.

He earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Long Island University, graduating summa cum laude in 1994.

"[4] Okegwo has worked with a wide range of artists, including Kenny Barron, Michael Brecker, Benny Carter, Johnny Griffin, Wynton Marsalis, James Moody, Clark Terry, Pharoah Sanders,[3] Steve Wilson, Michael Wolff,[4] Bruce Barth, Steve Davis, Dario Chiazzolino, Lionel Hampton, Sam Newsome, Kurt Rosenwinkel and others.