Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist of 2019 and Detroit native Endea Owens, is a vibrant up and coming bassist. She has been mentored by the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana and Rhonda Ross, Jazzmeia Horn, Solange, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, and more. Endea has taught and performed in Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, London and numerous other countries.

Endea is the bassist for Jon Batiste’s Stay Human and the house bassist for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In 2022, Endea won The George Foster Peabody Award and an Emmy with The Late Show. Endea was also a part of Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award winning album We Are. Recently, she recorded bass for the film Judas and The Black Messiah as well as recording with the artist H.E.R for her widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance. She has been featured and performed on ABC7 News (New York) with Sandy Kenyon, ABC7 “Here and Now:” Live with Kelly and Ryan,

The Late Late Show with James Corden, Spotify Music Sessions, Pix 11 News, and The Indie Beat with the Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

In addition to graduating from The Juilliard School in 2018, Endea graced the cover of Japan’s The Walker’s Magazine as well as Spartan Magazine and was featured in The Wallstreet Journal and Billboard Magazine.

In June of 2020 during the midst of the pandemic, Endea founded The Community Cookout, which is an organization dedicated to distributing hundreds of hot meals and free music concerts to neighborhoods in NYC. The Community Cookout was also featured in The New York Times as well as Pix11 News. To date, Endea’s organization has helped feed close to 3,0000 New Yorkers and has hosted over a dozen free music concerts.

Recently, Endea composed an original piece about the life of Ida B. Wells entitled “Ida’s Crusade” for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. This piece has also been performed by the NYO Carnegie Hall Orchestra. In addition to writing for the JALC Orchestra, she has also written for Pyer Moss’ debut at Paris Haute Couture week, the makeup company Glossier, as well as commissioned works for Poland and Italy. Endea’s debut album “Feel Good Music” is set for release in February of 2023.