Apr 4, 2023 1:43 PM
Blindfold Test: Orrin Evans
Pianist Orrin Evans, artist-in-residence for the 2022/2023 DC Jazz Festival, is not only an exceptional pianist. He is…
“Ahmad’s voicings inform so much of how I look at music,” said Orrin Evans about fellow pianist Ahmad Jamal.
Apr 4, 2023 1:43 PM
Pianist Orrin Evans, artist-in-residence for the 2022/2023 DC Jazz Festival, is not only an exceptional pianist. He is…
Orrin Evans
Dec 28, 2021 12:51 PM
Pianist and composer Orrin Evans has been named to a two-year term as Artist-In-Residence for the DC Jazz Festival.
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of 52 grant recipients, received $40,000 to return to his hometown in North Carolina and create a music work space .
Oct 19, 2021 3:41 PM
South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians…
Ravi Coltrane says that Orrin Evans, above, “can reach that spirit.”
Sep 21, 2021 1:38 PM
On an early summer night in newly vaccinated New York, the Blue Note was packed with cheering clubgoers. And pianist…
The crowds were as welcome a sight as the diverse lineup of artists who appeared on the 19th annual D.C. Jazz Festival’s multiple stages.
Sep 14, 2021 1:02 PM
It was weeks off its usual schedule, cut back to a single weekend, yet the D.C. Jazz Festival, which held its 19th…
Bandleader Francisco Mela is set to stream a solo drum performance Friday via Soapbox Gallery.
Feb 11, 2021 4:50 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Bassist William Parker (shown here), pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Bobby Kapp are set to stream a Thursday performance.
Aug 24, 2020 9:33 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Fay Victor is set for an online conversation Wednesday with another vocalist and improviser, Joan La Barbara, as a part of the The New School’s CoPA Conversations.
Feb 16, 2021 10:23 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Bassist Adi Meyerson is set to stream an Art Is Alive set Friday.
Jun 23, 2020 4:52 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Pianist Jarrett Cherner and vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and are set to stream a Friday performance.
Jun 22, 2020 8:54 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
May 26, 2020 11:04 AM
If Ethan Iverson’s able to draw on an interest in TV themes, there’s potentially a way for anyone stuck at home to…
Mark de Clive-Lowe was raised in New Zealand playing piano, moved to the UK during the 1990s and pursued electronic music before moving to Los Angeles and working around the edges of jazz.
May 19, 2020 4:47 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Criss Cross’ Gerry Teekens (left) gives Reservoir Records’ Mark Feldman a hug.
Nov 13, 2019 10:08 AM
Gerry Teekens, who in 1981 founded the Dutch label Criss Cross Jazz, died Oct. 31, according to an email sent to…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is among the dozens of jazz stars who have performed as part of the “We Always Swing” jazz series in Columbia, Missouri.
Sep 17, 2019 11:07 AM
The non-profit “We Always Swing” Jazz Series will kick off its 25th season this fall in Columbia, Missouri, with…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23–28. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned a 5-star rating in DownBeat during 2018.
Sep 26, 2019 4:45 PM
The list below is a round-up of the 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during…
The original lineup of The Bad Plus—Reid Anderson (from left), David King and Ethan Iverson—played its final show on Dec. 31 at New York’s Village Vanguard.
Jan 3, 2018 1:04 PM
New Year’s Eve was an end for many things; and so it was for The Bad Plus.
After 17 years, pianist Ethan Iverson was…
Randy Brecker (left), a Philadelphia native, performs at the first annual Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which ran from April 23–30.
May 22, 2017 12:47 PM
As Orrin Evans pointed out in the days leading up to the inaugural Philadelphia Jazz Festival April 23–30, Philly’s…
Orrin Evans (pictured) has been named the newest member of The Bad Plus, replacing outgoing pianist and founding member Ethan Iverson.
Jun 6, 2017 3:45 PM
Lineup changes are nothing new in jazz, where the model has generally been a bandleader and their ever-evolving group…
Trumpeter Sean Jones’ new album, Live From Jazz At The Bistro, will be released May 26.
May 5, 2017 10:13 AM
On May 26, Mack Avenue will release trumpeter Sean Jones’ new album, Live From Jazz At The Bistro, his eighth for the…
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington (left) leads her band at the venue Warmdaddy’s on April 24 as part of the inaugural Philadelphia Jazz Festival.
Apr 27, 2017 7:14 PM
The one constant about jazz is that it is always changing. This was gloriously illustrated at the inaugural…
Orrin Evans is among the headliners scheduled to perform at the Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which runs April 23–30.
Mar 30, 2017 9:23 AM
Jazz is getting some brotherly love in Philadelphia, courtesy of a new jazz festival. The first annual Philadelphia…
Orrin Evans (left), Oliver Lake and Eric Revis perform as Tarbaby on Sept. 2 at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Sep 28, 2016 10:57 AM
The band Tarbaby delivered a powerful set at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Sept. 2 as part of the Chicago Jazz Festival.…
