ORRIN EVANS
(Booking North America)
PROJECTS
ORRIN EVENS (Solo)
Orrin Evans - piano
ORRIN EVANS TRIO - QUINTET:
Lineup varies. *Special guests possible upon request
ORRIN EVANS & THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND:
9-10piece band. Lineup varies. *Special guests possible upon request
EUBANKS-EVANS-EXPERIENCE:
Kevin Eubanks- guitar, Orrin Evans- piano
TARBABY:
Orrin Evans- piano, Eric Revis- bass, Nasheet Waits- drums
TERRENO COMUM:
Orrin Evans- piano, Alexia Bomtempo- vocals, Luques Curtis- bass, Clarence Penn- drums, Leandro Pellegrino- guitar
TOUR:
CBBB - FEB 17, 2024: Rockville, MD @ Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival (w/ special guest Lisa Fischer)
OE3T - MAR 14, 2024: Kenosha, WI @ UW-Parkside
OE3T - MAR 15, 2024: Durham, NC @ Missy Lane’s
OE3T - MAR 16, 2024: Durham, NC @ Missy Lane’s
OE3T - MAR 20, 2024: Washington, D.C. @ Blues Alley
OE3T - MAR 21, 2024: Detroit, MI @ Cliff Bells
OE3T - MAR 22, 2024: Chicago, IL @ Green Mill
OE3T - MAR 23, 2024: Chicago, IL @ Green Mill
OE3T - MAR 26, 2024: Seattle, WA @ Seattle Jazz Fellowship
OE3T - MAR 27, 2024: Portland, OR @ Jack London Revue
OE3T - MAR 28, 2024: Santa Cruz, CA @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
OE3T - MAR 29, 2024: San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ
TARB - MAY 10, 2024: Philadelphia, PA @ Solar Myth
TARB - MAY 11, 2024: Philadelphia, PA @ Solar Myth
CBBB - MAY 17, 2024: New York, NY @ The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center [SOLD OUT]
CBBB - MAY 18, 2024: New York, NY @ The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center [SOLD OUT]
OE4T - JUN 15, 2024: Madison, WI @ Madison Jazz Festival
CBBB - JUN 16, 2024: Chicago, IL @ Ravinia (w/ special guest Kurt Elling)
OE3T - JUL 05, 2024: Montreal, QC @ Montreal Jazz Festival
OE4T - SEP 01, 2024: Chicago, IL @ Chicago Jazz Festival
CBBB - SEP 15, 2024: Portsmouth, NH @ Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
CBBB - SEP 22, 2024: Pittsburgh, PA @ Pittsburgh Jazz Festival
TARB - SEP 23, 2024: Mexico City, MX @ Parker & Lennox
TARB - SEP 24, 2024: Mexico City, MX @ Parker & Lennox
TARB - SEP 25, 2024: Austin, TX @ Epistrophy Arts at KMFA-Draylen Mason
TARB - SEP 26, 2024: Houston, TX @ Nameless Sound at MATCH Theatre
TARB - SEP 27, 2024: Albuquerque, NM @ New Mexico Jazz Fest at Outpost
TARB - SEP 28, 2024: Scottsdale, AZ @ Ravenscroft
TARB - SEP 29, 2024: Monterey, CA @ Monterey Jazz Fest
CBBB - NOV 29, 2024: Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center (w/ special guest Bilal)
2025 - Available upon request
2026 - Available upon request
NEW ALBUM:
ORRIN EVANS AND HIS 2X GRAMMY-NOMINATED CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND RELEASEd A NEW STUDIO ALBUM, Walk A Mile In My Shoe, ON August 16, 2024 (Imani Records). THE ALBUM FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS LISA FISCHER, BILAL, JOANNA PASCALE, AND PAUL JOST, AS WELL AS GUEST SOLOISTS NICHOLAS PAYTON AND JESSE FISCHER.
PREVIOUS ALBUMS:
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.
VIDEOS:
PRESS:
"exemplifying the qualities that keep jazz forever young — spirit, invention and exploration" - Alan Scherstuhl, New York Times
"A leader who engenders excellence in his fellow musicians. Even as triumph over hardship motivates his music-making, his irrepressible gift infuses it with joy." —Suzanne Lorge, 4 1/2 Stars - Downbeat
“Evans’ soulful and communal album explores his health condition with the help of A-list instrumentalists and vocal stars including Bilal and the legendary Lisa Fischer.” - John Fordham, The Guardian, Album of the Month August 2024, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"beautifully voiced...soulfully gospel tinged" - Stephen Graham, Marlbank
“it would be misleading to characterize the album in terms of struggle, because its spirit is decidedly upbeat." - Nate Chinen, WRTI
“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