Orrin Evans

Elected to the Hall of Fame
None

Orrin Evans's news entries:

  • {parents:file_name}

    “Ahmad’s voicings inform so much of how I look at music,” said Orrin Evans about fellow pianist Ahmad Jamal.

    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…

  • {parents:file_name}

    Orrin Evans

  • {parents:file_name}

    Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of 52 grant recipients, received $40,000 to return to his hometown in North Carolina and create a music work space .

  • {parents:file_name}

    Ravi Coltrane says that Orrin Evans, above, “can reach that spirit.”

    Orrin Evans: Go For It!

    On an early summer night in newly vaccinated New York, the Blue Note was packed with cheering clubgoers. And pianist…

  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

    DC Jazz Fest Triumphs

    It was weeks off its usual schedule, cut back to a single weekend, yet the D.C. Jazz Festival, which held its 19th…

  • {parents:file_name}

    Bandleader Francisco Mela is set to stream a solo drum performance Friday via Soapbox Gallery.

  • {parents:file_name}

    ​Bassist William Parker (shown here), pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Bobby Kapp are set to stream a Thursday performance.

  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

  • {parents:file_name}

    ​Bassist Adi Meyerson is set to stream an Art Is Alive set Friday.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Pianist Jarrett Cherner and vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and are set to stream a Friday performance.

  • {parents:file_name}
  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Criss Cross’ Gerry Teekens (left) gives Reservoir Records’ Mark Feldman a hug.

  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

    2018: The Year’s Top-Rated Albums

    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…

  • {parents:file_name}

    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.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Randy Brecker (left), a Philadelphia native, performs at the first annual Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which ran from April 23–30.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Orrin Evans (pictured) has been named the newest member of The Bad Plus, replacing outgoing pianist and founding member Ethan Iverson.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Trumpeter Sean Jones’ new album, Live From Jazz At The Bistro, will be released May 26.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington (left) leads her band at the venue Warmdaddy’s on April 24 as part of the inaugural Philadelphia Jazz Festival.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Orrin Evans is among the headliners scheduled to perform at the Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which runs April 23–30.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Orrin Evans (left), Oliver Lake and Eric Revis perform as Tarbaby on Sept. 2 at the Chicago Jazz Festival.



On Sale Now
November 2024
Orrin Evans
Look Inside
Subscribe
Print | Digital | iPad