Jowee Omicil

Jowee Omicil was born in Montreal, Omicil spends his time between Miami and Paris. • Illustration — Jowee Omicil composing music at his studio in Paris, December 23, 2025.

• Name — Jowee BasH! Omicil • Birth Name — Joseph Omicil Jr. • Born — 1 December 1977 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — musical Polyglote aka Master of Wind; Producer; Motivational Speaker; Teacher & Father • Instruments — Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxophone; Soprano & Bass Clarinet; Piccolo Flute; Piano; Beatmaker; Voice; Cornet & Trumpet; Electric Bass... • Years Active — 1995–present • Label — * • BasH! Village Records • • Jazz Village • • BBjuiss Records • • Bakfoul Records • • Jowee Juise Inc.

Jowee Omicil was born to Rose-Annette Innocent and Joseph C. Omicil, a pastor. Omicil's mother passed when he was only 5 years old. Omicil was 15 when his father enrolled him in music school, much to his own surprise. His father's intent was to have him learn an instrument to accompany the church choir. Omicil chose the alto saxophone after being dissuaded from his first choice of piano, which too many students had already chosen. 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 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and was among the 20 finalists 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, Kenny Garrett, Marcus Miller, Pharoah Sanders, Wyclef Jean, Harold Faustin and André 300 among others. In July 2018 Omicil served as master of ceremonies at a tribute concert celebrating Quincy Jones' 85th birthday at Montreux, Switzerland. Omicil appears in the Damien Chazelle-created Netflix show The Eddy. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 Omicil released a solo album, LeKture, and Y Pati, a duet with the American Hollywood pianist Randy Kerber, whom he met on the set of the series The Eddy. Y Pati was released in December 2020. Also, the "Big In Jazz Collective" was born with the release in July 2021 of the Album Global. At the end of 2020 Jowee returned to the studio with brothers Louis and François Moutin. They recorded M.O.M, which was released in September 2021 on Laborie Jazz Records. In 2023, Omicil released Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite a free jazz album inspired by an 18th century Vodou ceremony held in the woods of Bois Caïman that helped give rise to the Haitian Revolution. Later, he released sMiLes, his eleventh album, on 11 November 2025. The album, accompanied by Omicil’s podcast The PoDBasH! over 11 months, features 11 tracks plus a bonus piece and includes a collaboration with Canadian-Haitian vocalist Dominique Fils-Aimé. sMiLes continues Omicil’s exploration of jazz, free improvisation, hip hop, Haitian roots, and, as Gilles Peterson describes, his BasH! Energy Music.

• 2013: Ayiti Toma, The Land of The Living, documentary by Joseph Hillel • 2020: THE EDDY Netflix Show Joanna Kulig (vocals), Jorja Smith (Vocals), Sopico (Vocals), Jowee Omicil (saxophones), Randy Kerber (piano), Damian Nueva (bass), Ludovic Louis (Trumpets), Lada Obradovic (drums)

• Year — Artist — Album/Title — Label — Featured personnel • 2023 — MYOR & OUDEN — FunKey ToniTe — BasH! Village Records — Myor (vocals); Jowee Omicil (saxophone, vocals); Ouden (programming) • 2023 — MYOR & OUDEN — Don'T Go FasT — BasH! Village Records — Myor (vocals); Jowee Omicil (saxophone, vocals); Ouden (Programming) • 2022 — Jowee Omicil — SiT-iN — BasH! Village Records — Randy Kerber (Métallophone, Rhodes); Jonathan Jurion (Piano); Delphine Langhoff (Drums); Yoann Danier (Drums); Jendah Manga (Elec, Bass); jowee Omicil (alto-sax, vocals) • 2021 — Anne Sila — A Nos Cœurs/Interlude C’est Quoi; Interlude Track Of Time — PlayTwo — Anne Sila (vocals); Jowee Omicil (saxophone); Jendah Manga (Electric bass); Arnaud Dolmen (drums); Mario Canonge (piano) • 2021 — Napoleon Maddox & Sorg — L’ouverture de Toussaint — TBD — Napoleon Maddox (Vocals); Sorg (producer) Jowee Omicil (alto & soprano saxophone, vocals) • 2021 — Ludovic Louis — Rebirth/ Everybody — Ludo Louis Productions — Ludovic Louis (Trumpet, Vocals); Jowee Omicil (Hype vocals); • 2021 — Kandy Guira — Nagtaba/ Africa — KDBES — Kandy Guira (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (saxophone) • 2021 — Anissa Altmayer — #1/Le Chemin — Octava Bassa — Anissa Altmayer (Vocals, cello); Jowee Omicil (soprano saxophone) • 2020 — Sopico — Épisode 0/ Thème — Universal Music — Sopico (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (soprano saxophone) • 2020 — Ibrahim Maalouf — 40 Mélodies/ Sensuality — Mister IBÉ — Ibrahim Maalouf (trumpet); François Delporte (guitarist); Jowee Omicil (saxophone) • 2020 — Kazy Lambist — Sky Kiss/ OH MY GOD — Cinq 7/ Wagram Music — Kazy Lambist (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (piccolo); Glasses (vocals) • 2020 — Kazy Lambist — Sky Kiss/ Sky Kiss — Cinq 7/ Wagram Music — Kazy Lambist (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (piccolo); Jean-Benoit Dunckel half of Air (keys and production) • 2019 — Jonathan Jurion — Le Temps Fou/ Capricorn Moon; Bismillah Rrahmani Rrahim; Once Upon A Time — Komos — Jonathan Jurion (piano); Jowee Omicil (soprano & alto saxophone); Arnaud Dolmen (drums); Michel Alibo (Bass); Josaiah Woodson (trumpet) • 2019 — GUTS — Philanthropiques/Voyaging Bird; Li Dous Konsa; Bougé Bagay La — Heavenly Sweetness — GUTS; Jowee Omicil (saxophones, vocals and composer) • 2019 — Kazy Lambist — Single: Tous Les Jours — Cinq 7/ Wagram Music — Kazy Lambist (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (composer and alto sax, soprano sax); Amoué (vocals) • 2018 — Kazy Lambist — Single: WORK — Cinq 7/ Wagram Music — Kazy Lambist (Vocals); Jowee Omicil (soprano saxophone, vocals); Pongo (vocals) * • 2011 — Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari — Tree of life — Half Note — Francisco 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)

• 2024: Mr.Aznavour, as Sammy Davis Junior, Film by Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade • 2023: Le Temps D'Aimer, Film by Katell Quillévéré • 2021: Big In Jazz Collective, documentary by Marina Jallier • 2020: The Eddy, Netflix show, directed by Damien Chazelle, Houda Benyamina, Laïla Marrakchi and Alan Poul • 2019: This Is The Bash, feature documentary by Mario Tahi Lathan