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Jazz composer/pianist Sandy Owen has issued recordings as both a solo artist and as a member of Iliad. Owen became interested in piano when his older brother began taking lessons and before his tenth birthday, Owen was studying the instrument himself. By the age of 12, Owen had formed a surf group, the Five Keys, along with brothers Ted (drums) and Barry (saxophone). By 1965, Owen became interested in jazz music after hearing the Ramsey Lewis Trio's cover of "The In Crowd" and discovering pianist Les McCann. Jazz became his music of choice and while attending the University of California of Irvine during the early '70s, Owen formed the outfit Iliad with some local friends. Although locally popular, the group failed to land a recording contract with a major label, so the fledgling outfit decided to take matters into their own hands and issued recordings via their own label, Northern read more...
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Fusion 1976
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Fusion 1978

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