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Orrin Evans
Orrin Evans Trio at Kuumbwa
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320 Cedar St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Jun 13, 2025
7:00 PM PDT
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For more than two decades, pianist Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. With more than 25 albums to his credit (and 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 of the Orrin Evans Trio, he delights in daring fellow musicians to take bold risks.
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Daniel
April 6th 2025
Excellent Set! Wonderful to hear these musicians assembled in a small setting.
Buster Williams…from The Moontrane and Back!
Thank you.
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Philadelphia, PA@Chris' Jazz Cafe
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Orrin Evans Biography
For more than two decades, pianist/composer Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. Releasing more than 25 albums without 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. His wide-ranging projects span mutable small group settings and the raucous Captain Black Big Band, (nominated for a Grammy in 2019), the nerve-rattling collective trio Tarbaby and the latest twist in his never predictable story, becoming the first new member of The Bad Plus in the trio’s nearly 20-year history. Evans has collaborated with a who’s-who of modern jazz including Nicholas Payton, Sean Jones, Oliver Lake, JD Allen, Christian McBride, Eric Revis, Buster Williams, Karriem Riggins, Nasheet Waits, Kevin Eubanks and Kurt Rosenwinkel, among countless others.
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