Jazz Articles about Orrin Evans

About Orrin Evans

Radio & Podcasts

Benny Golson, Orrin Evans, Logan Richardson and Miki Yamanaka

by Joe Dimino
October 13, 2024

Kicking off the 875th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive into something special--fresh sounds from a deeply personal project with Orrin Evans at the helm of the Captain Black Big Band. He is delivering powerful tracks from his 2024 release Walk a Mile in My Shoe. From there, we pause to honor the late, great Benny Golson, who passed away on September 21, 2024, at the age of 95. Next up, we spotlight Kansas City's established star, Logan Richardson, with ...

Radio & Podcasts

Orrin Evans: Walk a Mile in His Shoe

by David Bixler
September 17, 2024

The shoes that grace the cover of Orrin Evans' new record are special shoes from his childhood that were necessitated by being born with Neurofibromatosis. The record is called Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani Records) and the shoes are a reminder of his condition and the impact that this neurological disorder has had on him. However, Evans yearns to move past the initial metaphor of the title in order to convey the ideas of feeling worthy and taking ...

Liner Notes

Ralph Bowen: Keep the Change

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 7, 2024

I can still remember the impression that Ralph Bowen made on a young jazz enthusiast trying to break into radio and be part of the hip jazz crowd. I had decided to get involved with the programming end of a local non-profit arts support organization and on a letter perfect July evening our committee had lined up a double bill that included Kevin Eubanks and the mid '80s collective Out Of The Blue. An hour or so before OTB was ...

Radio & Podcasts

Orrin Evans, Lux Quartet, Andromeda Turre and Nasheet Waits

by Hobart Taylor
July 31, 2024

This week we feature brand new music from Orrin Evans' Captain Black's Big Band, The Lux Quartet featuring Myra Melford and Alison Miller, vocalist Andromeda Turre and Nasheet Waits. Playlist Brian McCarthy “The Beginning" from After/Life (Truth Revolution) 0:00 Maddie Vogler “Hymn For August" from While We Have Time (Origin) 15:09 Mike Downes “Banff Nights" from The Way In (Self Produced) 16:56 Host Speaks 22:20 Andromeda Turre “Critical Mass (featuring ELEW)" from From The Earth (Self Produced) 23:42 ...

Radio & Podcasts

Freedom & American Themes + Captain Black Big Band

by David Brown
July 23, 2024

Here is the show from Independence Day weekend with American and freedom themes as explored by jazz artists. From there, we'll check out some works from the Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band, and more. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30 ...

Album Review

Michelle Lordi: Two Moons

Read "Two Moons" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
March 1, 2024

The art of the jazz diva does not shy away from the dark and mysterious. From putting a spell on somebody to helplessly falling under that old black magic, the tradition always seems to include some small touch of witchery, and Michelle Lordi, for her part, does not let a modern-day sound obscure those roots. The mood of Two Moons sits somewhere between a late-night set in a small jazz club and a round of spooky stories around the campfire. ...

Album Review

Ben Wolfe: Unjust

Read "Unjust" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 11, 2023

Sul piano compositivo e dell'organizzazione sonora, Unjust è uno dei più luminosi gioielli jazzistici degli ultimi anni. Contrabbassista di ragguardevole talento, Ben Wolfe ribadisce nel suo decimo progetto discografico la predilezione per architetture ariose ma arzigogolate, dimostrando come la scrittura jazzistica possa captare lo spirito dei tempi nel rispetto dei classici modelli di riferimento. A dimostrare come il contrabbassista statunitense non si accontenti di riprodurre le idee altrui, l'impasto sonoro del suo ottetto trascende le atmosfere post-boppistiche e ...