Performance · Production
Orrin Evans
Trenton, United States
Orrin Evans is credited on 93 releases across 29 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1997–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
93
Pressings credited
29
Albums
4
Decades active
19
In collections
Biography
Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia. He attended Rutgers University, and then studied with Kenny Barron. He worked as a sideman for Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, and Lenora Zenzalai-Helm, and released his debut as a leader in 1994. He signed with Criss Cross Jazz in 1997, recording prolifically with the label. He was awarded a 2010 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. In 2017, Evans was named the new pianist in The Bad Plus replacing Ethan Iverson. He departed amicably in 2021 to focus on leading his own ensemble. Evans is married to vocalist Dawn Warren Evans, who is also his manager.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
93 releases · 29 albums · active 1997–2023
- Performance · 160
- Production · 8
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Systems Two · Acoustic Recording · Studio 507 · Avatar Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Sean Jones (2)
- Common
- Ximo Tebar
- Kate Schutt
- Will Calhoun Quintet
- Russell Gunn
- Sean Jones Quartet
- Jim Snidero
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