ORRIN EVANS
(Booking North America)
PROJECTS
ORRIN EVANS TRIO - QUINTET: lineup varies
TOUR:
2024 - Available upon request
2025 - Available upon request
Pianist Orrin Evans Opens The Red Door With a Stellar New Album That Celebrates Taking Musical and Personal Chances
All-Star Lineup Featuring Nicholas Payton, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith With Special Guests Buster Williams, Larry McKenna, Gene Jackson, the Late Wallace Roney and Vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Sy Smith, and Alita Moses
“Pianist Orrin Evans demonstrate(s) how thrilling jazz can be when it refuses to abandon tunes but also refuses to be constrained by them.”
–Paste
“The Red Door is a masterful high point in a career that continues to climb.”
– All About Jazz“This is a very special release that will please most any jazz fan. Highly recommended…”
– Audiophile Audition“To hear the rhythm section of Evans, Smitty, and Robert Hurst mixing it up with saxophonist Gary Thomas and trumpeter Nicholas Payton on “The Red Door,” “Big Small,” and “Feed the Fire” will inspire anyone to look behind The Red Door.”
– Modern Drummer“One of the most relentlessly creative forces in modern jazz.”
– Exclusive Magazine
BIO:
For more than two decades, Yamaha pianist Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. With more than 25 albums to his credit without ever relying on the support of a major label, Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who’s made a habit of rattling the jazz world’s confining cages. That determination has paid off in accolades like topping the “Rising Star Pianist” category in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll and two Grammy nominations.
As a daring pianist, Evans combines raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance into a sound wholly his own. As an adventurous composer he traverses stylistic boundaries with abandon, drawing on full-throttle swing, deep rooted blues, expressive soul or bracing excursions into the avant-garde. As an audacious bandleader, he delights in daring fellow musicians to take bold risks, whether in mutable small group settings or his raucous Captain Black Big Band. As an inventive collaborator, his projects range from the nerve-rattling collective trio Tarbaby, to the guitar/piano duo project Eubanks-Evans-Experience, and Brazilian project Terreno Comum.
RECENT ALBUMS:
ALBUM: THE MAGIC OF NOW
LABEL: SMOKE SESSIONS RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: JULY 23, 2021
Orrin Evans- piano, Immanuel Wilkins- alto saxophone, Vicente Archer- bass, Bill Stewart- drums
ALBUM: #KNOWINGISHALFTHEBATTLE
LABEL: SMOKE SESSIONS RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 7, 2016
Orrin Evans- piano, Kurt Rosenwinkel- guitar, Kevin Eubanks- guitar, Luques Curtis- bass, Mark Whitfield Jr- drums + Caleb Curtis- saxophone, M’BAlia Singley- vocals.
ALBUM: EVOLUTION OF ONESELF
LABEL: SMOKE SESSIONS RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2015
Orrin Evans- piano, Christian McBride- bass, Karriem Riggins- drums.
ALBUM: LIBERATION BLUES
LABEL: SMOKE SESSIONS RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 12, 2014
Orrin Evans- piano, Sean Jones- trumpet, Luques Curtis- bass, Bill Stewart- drums, Joanna Pascal- vocals.