Jazz Articles about Charles Evans

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Charles Evans: The King of All Instruments

Read "The King of All Instruments" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 22, 2009

Questo singolare lavoro è un piccolo monumento alle possibilità timbriche del sax baritono, che l'autore - riferendo il pensiero del suo primo maestro, Bill Zaccagni - considera il re di tutti gli strumenti (della famiglia dei sax). Charles Evans opera a New York dal 2002 ma s'è formato a Filadelfia dove s'è laureato in jazz performance ed ha studiato privatamente anche con Dave Liebman e John Swana. Questo disco è il risultato di un lungo lavoro di sovraincisioni durato dall'estate ...

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Album Review

Charles Evans: The King Of All Instruments

Read "The King Of All Instruments" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 11, 2009

Baritone saxophonist player (and high school teacher by trade) Charles Evans' fourth release is a triumphant solo exploration of the big horn. Equipped with warm recommendations by sax players--former teacher Dave Liebman and fellow baritone player John Surman, Evans' multilayered compositions for the baritone saxophone, recorded between June 2007 to March 2008, suggest varied facets of the instrument. The compositions build on the innovations of past jazz baritone heroes, balancing composition and improvisation while managing not to ...