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Orrin Evans

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"The clear-cut best pianist of his time..." is how Hot House Magazine" described Orrin Evans in 1998, praise which was echoed again in the summer of 2002. This remarkable talent was nurtured in a household filled with music due to the efforts of his mother, a classical singer who surrounded the youngster with everything from the melodies of Puccini to the pulsating rhythms of Basie and Ellington. He learned from what he heard which is still the case today when he acknowledges such musicians as Trudy Pitts, Tim Warfield, Kenny Barron, Ralph Peterson, Edgar Bateman, Mickey Roker and Bobby Durham as inspirational guides
Coast to Coast

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Day at a Time; I Told You So; You've Changed; Broadway; Art Deco; Girl Talk; Quarter Nelson;
Front Row Family; So Long Eric.
East West Trumpet Summit: Coast to Coast

By Ray Vega
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Day at a Time; I Told You So; You've Changed; Broadway; Art Deco; Girl Talk; Quarter Nelson; Front Row
Family; So Long Eric.
Far Far Away

By Jim Snidero
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Far Far Away; Infinity; It Might As Well Be Spring; Nowhere To Hide; Obsession; Pat; Search For
Peace; Little Falls.
The Red Door

By Orrin Evans
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Red Door; Weezy; Phoebe's Stroll; The Good Life; Big Small; Dexter's Tune; Amazing Grace; Feed The Fire; All The Things You Are; Smoke Rings; They Won't Go When I Go; I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before.
What the World Needs Now

By JD Walter
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Golden Lady; I Was Telling Her About You; What the World Needs Now; Dressed In A
Song; Beautiful Moons Ago; Tell Her I
Said Hello; And I Love Her; Keisha’s Coy; It Never Entered My Mind; Now It’s Time To Go.
2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

by Richard Conde
The City Parks Foundation kicked off its 31st annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The three day celebration of the life of the late saxophonist Charlie Parker took place in the neighborhood near where Charlie Parker worked and lived. Friday August 25th uptown Harlem at Marcus Garvey Park featured Orrin Evans, Lisa Fischer, and The Captain Black ...
Henry Threadgill, Jazz 1975, DC Jazz Festival, and more

by David Brown
This week I've been reading Henry Threadgill's autobiography Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music. Therefore, lets enjoy a set from Threadgill's bands Air, Sextett, and Very Very Circus. Then, recordings form our randomly featured year in music, 1975 with Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Joanne Brackeen. And finally, a mini preview ...
Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo at Solar Myth

by Victor L. Schermer
Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo Ars Nova Workshop Solar Myth Philadelphia, PA August 23, 2023 This magnificent performance, by two of the finest Latin-based jazz musicians around today, blew the lid off a myth" about a seemingly funky-grungy club called Solar Myth. The club's exotic name ...