Jazz Articles about Steve Evans

Gary Vogenson: Shot of Hope

by Doug Collette
July 13, 2021

If the title of Gary Vogenson's Shot of Hope was not so pertinent to the post-quarantine world, he might well have named it Don't Misunderstand Me Too Quickly. At a quick glance, song choices such as the traditional “The Cuckoo" and Dan Penn and Chip Moman's soul/R&B standard “Do Right Woman" seem predictable. But, juxtaposed as they are with some (overly?) familiar material from the canon of the Grateful Dead among others, this baker's dozen of tracks turns into a ...

Steve Evans Quartet: 2 Sets

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 22, 2008

Steve Evans è un giovane cantante di Chicago con una solida preparazione classica, ma ammaliato dal jazz - è stato allievo dell'ottimo Kevin Mahogany - ha costituito un classico quartetto e si tuffa ora in quella nicchia di mercato spianata da Micheal Bublè. Il repertorio scelto per i due immaginari set di questo lavoro spazia da un blues di Percy Heath a Tom Waits, dal Benjamin Britten - via Jeff Buckley - di “Corpus Christi Carol" a Milton Nascimento. Che ...

Steve Evans Quartet: 2 Sets

by J Hunter
August 22, 2007

According to the liner notes for 2 Sets, the Steve Evans Quartet attempted a live recording in 2005, but the effort was marred by “technical difficulties ; that could mean anything from a persistently-buzzing amplifier to some guy near the stage who wouldn't stop talking on his cell phone. Rather than try to tape another gig (preferably someplace where cell phones are confiscated at the door), vocalist Evans decided to “re-create the show in a Chicago recording studio.

Evans placed ...