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Orrin Evans: The Trio Live In Jackson, Mississippi
by Edward Zucker
Orrin Evans has recorded for the Criss Cross and Palmetto labels, but he always seems to venture back to Imani Records, his own label. This is where Evans convenes his musicians and material of choice, whether working with his “funk-fusion-R&B-electric band Luvpark, in a piano trio setting, or with a larger acoustic group, as on Live ...
Easy Now
By Orrin Evans
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2005
Track listing: Captain Black, BM, For DE, Don't Fall Off The L.E.J., Easy Now, Bonus Round, Dance On The Moon, Dorm Life, Song For My Father, Don't Fall Off The L.E.J. (cont.).
Orrin Evans: Easy Now
by AAJ Staff
For those who may have been disappointed by the Philadelphia pianist-composer Orrin Evans' recent experiments with backbeats and electric keyboards, Easy Now marks a notable return to swinging on acoustic instruments. But this new venture is primarily a tribute to the late Don Evans, a gifted playwright and educator, as well as Orrin's father. ...
Live at Widener University
By Orrin Evans
Label: Imani / 88 Keys Productions
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Two Faces of Nasheet
2. Umoja
3. JD's Revenge
4. We Both Tried
5. WTC 911
6. Autumn Leaves
7. We Fall Down
Orrin Evans/The Band: Live at Widener University
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Live At Widener University, a two-disc set by The Band, led by pianist and educator Orrin Evans, exemplifies cohesiveness, and shows just how exciting jazz can be when a gathering of stellar musicians step up to the plate and knock it out of the park. “Two Faces of Nasheet," composed by drummer Nasheet Waits' ...
Meant To Shine
By Orrin Evans
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: M.B.B.S.; Professor Farworthy; Dawn Marte; Don
Deja Vu
By Orrin Evans
Label: Imani / 88 Keys Productions
Released: 2002
Track listing: I Want To Be Happy; Explain It To Me; 5-4-94; When Jen Came In; Rhythm-a-ning; Dorm Life; Monroe; I Love You; Big Jimmy.
Blessed Ones
By Orrin Evans
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Autumn Leaves, Two Faces of Nasheet, Anysha I, Some Other Blues, Blesssed One the Eternal Truth, The Inchworm, Bright Size Life, I Will Wait For You, Anysha II
Orrin Evans: Meant to Shine
by C. Michael Bailey
A bit of a Jazz Pill... Orrin Evans is best known as one of the “young lion" practitioners of Hard Bop. Meant to Shine, however, sounds like well-executed Post Bop/Free Bop. Evans’ vision on this recording owes a great deal to Miles Davis’ second great quintet and the post John Coltrane period in jazz. This current ...
Orrin Evans: Blessed Ones
by C. Andrew Hovan
One certainly can’t accuse pianist Orrin Evan of hopping on the revival bandwagon. Nothing he’s done over the course of four previous Criss Cross sides and two self-promoted albums smacks of mainstream sentimentality. On the contrary, Evans likes to push the envelope and that fact becomes ever so apparent now that he’s in the wide open ...
