Bad To The Bone (Stamps And Owens) Tickets

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Quick Facts About Bad To The Bone (Stamps And Owens)

• Members: Brett Stamps (jazz trombone, composer/arranger) and Jim Owens (St. Louis-based guitarist/pianist); Stamps is a longtime SIUE, jazz studies figure; Owens is a frequent collaborator in the St. Louis scene.
• Discography highlights: In Your Own Sweet Way (2006, The Victoria Company); Bad To The Bone (2008, The Victoria Company) with Jim Owens; In Retrospect (2011, CD Baby Inc).
• Genre/style: Jazz (smooth, soulful, big-band/post-bop leanings) with trombone-focused arrangements; the 2008 Bad To The Bone is explicitly labeled Jazz on major platforms.
• 2025 activity: Brett Stamps is releasing a new project, The Bigger Badder Bones, with Andre Hayward (Sliders) on Summit Records in 2025, showing ongoing activity in the trombone/jazz scene; this is a separate project from Bad To The Bone. ([summitrecords.com](https://www.summitrecords.com/release/sliders-bigger-badder-bones-featuring-andre-hayward/?utm_source=openai))
• Major recognition: Brett Stamps is recognized as a founding jazz educator at SIUE; a 2025 article notes an SIUE Jazz Alumni Award bearing his name in a related context, highlighting his legacy in the program. ([siue.edu](https://www.siue.edu/news/2025/02/SIUEs2ndAnnualJazzAlumniConcertShowcasesanInspiringLegacy.shtml?utm_source=openai))
• Social media presence: No widely public official social media accounts for the duo were found; relevant public information includes Brett Stamps’ SIUE faculty profile and Jim Owens’ involvement with St. Louis jazz groups (Confluence Jazz STL). ([siue.edu](https://www.siue.edu/arts-and-sciences/music/about-contact-us/stamps-brett.shtml?utm_source=openai))