Lucianne Evans

Born: July 22, 1969

Lucianne Evans | Biography

Lucianne Evans is a Pittsburgh-born jazz vocalist and songwriter whose career has taken her through Montreal, New York, Asheville, and back to Pittsburgh.

In her twenties, a summer seminar in Colorado with Oregon, the recording group associated with the groundbreaking ECM label, led her to Montreal, where she appeared with her band at the early Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. There she worked with leading musicians including Sari Dajani, James Gelfand and Reg Wilson, and appeared on Canadian television. Those years helped shape a musical identity that reached beyond traditional vocal jazz.

Hold Back the Rain

By Lucianne Evans

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Released: 2000
Track listing: Where or When*; Flamingo*; Hold Back the Rain**; East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); Lullaby of the Leaves**; Darn That Dream*; Old Devil Moon*; I Fall in Love too Easily*; How Little We Know*; Luz Do Sol**; Medley*: I'm in the Mood for Love/Moody's Mood for Love; I'll Be Seeing You*

Lucianne Evans & Tom Coppola: Hold Back the Rain

by Dave Nathan
December 1, 2000

Although living and performing in the lovely North Carolina mountain city of Asheville, vocalist Lucianne Evans and pianist Tom Coppola had to travel to Brooklyn, NY to make their first studio recording at Michael Brorby's studio. Like so many other of today's aspiring jazz artists, this is a self-produced album. I wish I could report that ...