Jowee Omicil

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]

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

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
YearTitleLabelFeatured personnel
2018Love Matters!Jazz VillageJowee 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)
2017Let's BasHJazz Villagetbd
2014NakedBBjuiss Records & Bakfoul Recordstbd
2009Roots and Grooves BBjuiss Recordstbd
2006Let's Do this Jowee Juise Inc.tbd

As personnel
YearTitleLabelFeatured personnel
2011Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari: Tree Of LifeHalf NoteFrancisco 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. "The 'Roots And Grooves' Of Haiti's Wind Master". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. "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.
  7. "🖤JOWEE aka Mr.BasH!🌐 on Instagram: "Please Help me with Love wish this wonderful Creature an HapPy Birthday BasH!💗 🤲🏾🙏🏾🍰 . . ❤.MY DAUGHTER.💙 ."". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  8. "Jowee Omicil". This Is The BasH. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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