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One Track Mind: Orrin Evans on "Captain Black," "Commitment," "Jena 6," Others
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On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to Orrin Evans, a former sideman with Bobby Watson who quickly established himself as one of jazz music's most fascinating new voices over the course of a solo career begun in 1994. Here, the pianist shares unique insights into some of his more memorable tracks. Find out just who Captain Black was. How his chance discovery of a 1970 Belafonte/Horne recording called Harry & ...
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One Track Mind: Orrin Evans, "Jena 6 " (2011)
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By Nick DeRiso Turns out, it actually does mean a thing, even if it ain't got that swing. For something like 80 years now, that old Duke Ellington cliche worked as the clarion call of big band music, but its mantra has also become its curse. Subsequent generations moved on to genres with more complexity, a challenge that Orrin Evans' new Captain Black Big Band accepts, and then inhabits. In fact, the album defiantly shucks off the bow-tied fox-trotting boilerplate ...
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