Endea Owens and The Cookout (Jazz)

Known as one of jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised recording artist, bassist and composer. She has been mentored by jazz icons like Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, to name a few. In 2018, Owens graduated from The Juilliard School and joined The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, she has won Emmy, Grammy and George Foster Peabody awards.