Jazz Articles about Jenny Evans

Jenny Evans: Gonna Go Fishin'

by William Grim
February 18, 2005

Long a fixture on the Munich jazz scene, British-born singer Jenny Evans is a skillful performer and engaging lyricist. This album was recorded live at the Jazzclub Unterfahrt and shows the singer at the peak of her skills.

The title track is a too little-performed song that Duke Ellington wrote for his score to the Otto Preminger movie “Anatomy of a Murder."? Evans hits her stride with two pieces she co-wrote with Munich-based trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, “Hope"? and ...

Jenny Evans: Shiny Stockings

by David Adler
August 1, 2000

Jazz vocalist Jenny Evans, born and raised in Britain, has been a resident of Munich for many years. Sometimes when she scats, one can almost detect a hint of a German accent. But although her career has been based wholly in Europe, Evans’s passion is the Great American Songbook. Delving into material such as “Willow Weep for Me," “In a Mellow Tone," and “Honeysuckle Rose," she displays a voice that is deep and golden-toned. Her intonation is perfect — maybe ...