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Orrin Evans
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Mingus Dynasty
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Tarbaby
Ralph Bowen Quintet
Orrin Evans Ortet
Sean Jones Quartet
Captain Black Big Band
Javon Jackson Band
Will Calhoun Quintet
Wayne Escoffery Quintet
Orrin Evans Trio
Steve Wilson & Wilsonian's Grain
The Band
Duane Eubanks Quintet/Sextet
Seed
Luvpark
The Danny Walsh Quartet
Eubanks Evans Experience
J.D. Allen Quartet
J.D. Allen Quintet
ex
The Bad Plus
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Mingus Big Band
American jazz pianist, born 1976 in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia.
Son of Don Evans (6), brother of Todd Evans (10), father of Matthew Evans (2), wife of Dawn Warren
ALBUMS
Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band*
Walk A Mile In My Shoe
2024, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Imani Records (5)
Orrin Evans
The Red Door
2023, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans
The Magic Of Now
2021, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,
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Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Ember (20) With Orrin Evans
No One Is Any One
2021, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band*
The Intangible Between
2020, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,
,
Big Band/Post Bop
Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band*
Presence
2018, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,
,
Big Band/Post Bop
Orrin Evans
#knowingishalfthebattle
2016, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans
The Evolution Of Oneself
2015, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Orrin Evans
Liberation Blues
2014, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Orrin Evans
"...It Was Beauty"
2013, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Orrin Evans
Flip The Script
2012, CD, Album, Posi-Tone,
,
Post Bop
Orrin Evans
Freedom
2011, CD, Album, Posi-Tone,
,
Post Bop
Orrin Evans
Faith In Action
2010, CD, Album, Posi-Tone,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Candlelight Live Featuring Orrin Evans
Candlelight Live
2010, CD, Imani Records (5)
Orrin Evans
Easy Now
2005, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Orrin Evans
Meant To Shine
2002, CD, Album, Palmetto Records,
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Contemporary Jazz
Orrin Evans
Listen To The Band
2000, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Will Calhoun Quintet Featuring Bobby Watson (2), John Benitez, Orrin Evans, Terell Stafford
Live At The Blue Note
2000
Thomas Marriott
Screen Time
2025, 9xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5),
David Gibson
Fellowship
2024, 8xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5)
Luke Carlos O'Reilly*
Leave The Gate Open
2024, 8xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5)
Caleb Wheeler Curtis
The True Story Of Bears And The Invention Of The Battery
2024, 2xCD, Album, Imani Records (5)
Michelle Lordi
Two Moons
2023, 10xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5)
Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Ain't No Storm
2021, 11xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5)
Mike Bond
The Honorable Ones
2020, CD, Album, Bounce Castle Records,
Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Brothers
2018, CD, Album, Imani Records (5)
Eric Revis
Sing Me Some Cry
2017, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Joanna Pascale
Wildflower
2015, CD, Album, Stiletto Records,
M'Balia*
Halfway There
2015, CD, Album, Gas And Tolls Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Michelle Lordi
Drive
2015, CD, Album, Creeper Music (2)
JD Walter*
One Step Away
2013, CD, Album, JWALRECproductions
Eric Revis' 11:11
Parallax
2012, CD, Album, Clean Feed
The Band
Live At Widener University
2004, 2xCD, Album, Imani Records (5),
Eubanks Evans Experience
EEE
2021, CDr, Album, Imani Records (5)
The Bad Plus
Activate Infinity
2019, CD,
,
Contemporary Jazz
The Bad Plus
Never Stop II
2018, CD,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Wayne Escoffery Quintet
Live at Firehouse 12
2014, CD, Sunnyside
Sean Jones Quartet
Im.Pro.Vise Never Before Seen
2014
Tarbaby
Ballad Of Sam Langford
2012, CD, Album, HiPNOTIC Records (2),
,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Captain Black Big Band
Captain Black Big Band
2011, CD, Album, Posi-Tone
Tarbaby
The End Of Fear
2010, CD, Album, Posi-Tone
Tarbaby
Tarbaby
2009, CD, EP, Imani Records (5)
Luvpark
Luvpark
2005, CD, Album, Imani Records (5), Imani Records (5)
Ralph Bowen Quintet
Keep The Change
2004, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Tests Of Time
2003, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Subliminal Seduction
2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Duane Eubanks Quintet/Sextet
Second Take
2001, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Orrin Evans Trio
Blessed Ones
2001, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Ralph Peterson Quintet
The Art Of War
2001, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Seed
Seed
2001, CD, Album, Imani Records (5), HiPNOTIC Records (2)
The Danny Walsh Quartet
Satellite
2000, CD, Album, Ratamacue Records
Orrin Evans Trio
Grown Folk Bizness
1999, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Orrin Evans Ortet
Captain Black
1998, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Orrin Evans Ortet
Justin Time
1997, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Post Bop
APPEARANCES +
Orrin Evans
Live All Over The Place
2009, DVD-V, Imani Records (5),
Tarbaby
You Think This America
2024, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Giant Step Arts,
Ben Wolfe
The Understated
2024
Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott
Coast To Coast - East West Trumpet Summit
2023, CD, Album, Origin Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Ben Wolfe
Unjust
2023, CD, Album, Resident Arts Records
JD Walter*
What The World Needs Now
2023, CD, Album, Hou, Arkadia Records,
,
Ballad/Cabaret/Cool Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Swing/Vocal
Jim Snidero Featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel
Far Far Away
2023
Tarbaby Feat. Oliver Lake
Dance Of The Evil Toys
2022, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Thomas Marriott
Live From The Heat Dome
2022, 7xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5),
Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Heatmap
2022
Jim Snidero
Live At The Deer Head Inn
2021, CD, Savant
Brian Lynch
Songbook Vol. 1: Bus Stop Serenade
2021, 2xCD, Album, Hollistic MusicWorks
Michael Feinberg
Hard Times
2021, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records,
Luke Carlos O'Reilly*
I Too Sing America: A Black Man's Diary
2021, 12xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Imani Records (5),
Jon Gordon
Stranger Than Fiction
2021, CD, Album, ArtistShare,
JD Walter*
Dressed In A Song
2020, CDr, Album, JWALRECproductions
Analog Players Society
TILTED
2020, File, MP3, Album, Ropeadope,
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Space-Age/Soul-Jazz/Dark Jazz
Analog Players Society, Amon Drum
Soundtrack for a Nonexistent Film
2020, 11xFile, MP3, Album, Ropeadope
Analog Players Society
Chase (feat. Amon Drum)
2020, File, MP3, Ropeadope
The Bad Plus
The Tower Tapes #4: The Bad Plus
2020, 2xFile, FLAC, Jazz Club Ferrara,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Jim Snidero
Project-K
2020
Thomas Marriott
Trumpet Ship
2020, CD,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Jim Snidero
Waves Of Calm
2019, CD, Album, Savant
Ben Wolfe
Fatherhood
2019, CD, Album, Resident Arts Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Dana Murray
Negro Manifesto
2018, CD, Album, Ropeadope,
Reggie Quinerly
Words To Love
2018, CD, Album, Redefinition Music
Josh Lawrence (2) & Color Theory
Contrast
2018, CD, Album, Posi-Tone,
Kevin Eubanks
East West Time Line
2017, CD, Album, Mack Avenue,
,
Bop/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Sean Jones
Live From Jazz At The Bistro
2017, CD,
,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Josh Lawrence
Color Theory
2017, CD,
Donald Edwards
Prelude To Real Life
2016, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Reggie Watkins
Avid Admirer: The Jimmy Knepper Project
2016, CD, Album, BYNK Records
Jaka Kopač
Present Thoughts
2016, CD, Album, Barnette Records
David Murray Feat. Saul Williams
Blues For Memo
2016, CD,
Fabio Morgera & NyCats
Ctrl Z
2015, CD, Album, sli, Alfa Music,
Tim Warfield
Spherical - Dedicated To Thelonious Sphere Monk
2015, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Post Bop/Hard Bop/Modal
Steve Wilson & Wilsonian's Grain
Live In New York: The Vanguard Sessions
2015, CD, Album, Random Act Records
Ben Wolfe
The Whisperer
2015, CD, Album, Posi-Tone
Donald Edwards
Evolution Of An Influenced Mind
2014, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band*
Mother's Touch
2014, CD, Album, Posi-Tone,
,
Big Band
Javon Jackson
Expression
2014, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Thomas Marriott
Urban Folklore
2014, CD, Album, Origin Records
Nancy Goudinaki
I Wanna Be Your Star
2014, CD, Album, Not On Label (Nancy Goudinaki Self-released),
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Vocal
JD Allen*
Bloom
2014
Eric Revis Feat. Kris Davis And Andrew Cyrille
City Of Asylum
2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed,
,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Tarbaby With Special Guests Oliver Lake & Marc Ducret
Fanon
2013, CD, Album, RogueArt,
,
Free Jazz
Various
Smoke Sessions Volume 1
2013, LP, Comp, Num, 200, Smoke Sessions Records
Ben Wolfe
From Here I See
2013, CD, Album, MAXJAZZ
Paco Charlín
Flood
2013, CD, Album, Free Code Jazz Records
Wayne Escoffery
The Only Son Of One
2012, CD, Album, Gat, Sunnyside
Human Spirit
Dialogue (Live At The Earshot Jazz Festival)
2012, CD, Album, Origin Records,
Conrad Herwig
A Voice Through The Door
2012, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Post Bop
Bill McHenry
La Peur Du Vide
2012, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Alison Crockett
Mommy, What's A Depression?
2012
Ralph Bowen
Power Play
2011, CD, Album, Dig, Posi-Tone,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Stacy Dillard
Good And Bad Memories
2011, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Sean Jones
No Need For Words
2011, CD,
Jack Walrath
Heavy Mirth
2010, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Various
Artistshare
2010, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,
,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma's Coltrane Configurations
2009, CD, Album, Jazzwerkstatt,
Ximo Tébar*
Celebrating Erik Satie
2009, CD, Album, Xàbia Jazz
Eric Revis
Laughter's Necklace Of Tears
2009, CD, Album, 11:11 Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Sharel Cassity
Relentless
2009, CD, Album, Jazz Legacy Productions
Sean Jones
The Search Within
2009, CD,
Russell Gunn
Love Stories
2008, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc.
Ximo Tebar & Ivam Jazz Ensemble
Steps
2008
Kate Schutt
Telephone Game
2008
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
The Flavors Of Thelonious Monk Reloaded
2007, CD, Album, Extraplatte, Extraplatte
Elisabeth Kontomanou
Back To My Groove
2007, CD, Album, Nocturne,
,
Soul-Jazz
Robin Eubanks
EB3 - Live Vol. 1
2007, CD, Album + DVD, RKM Music
Conrad Herwig
A Jones For Bones Tones
2007, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Post Bop
TC III
Live! (Mega Jazz Explosion)
2007, CD, LifeForceJazz Records
Sean Jones
Kaleidoscope
2007, CD,
Russell Gunn
Plays Miles
2007
Donny McCaslin
Soar
2006, CD, Album, Sunnyside,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Heidi Martin
Hide
2006, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Various
Legends & Lions: Swingin'
2006, CD, Comp, Mack Avenue,
,
Post Bop/Fusion/Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Sean Jones
Roots
2006, CD,
Tony Lakatos, Axel Schlosser, Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Günter Bollmann
Let‘s Get Lost — Between Frankfurt And New York — The Music Of Jimmy McHugh
2005, CD, Album, Jazz4Ever Records,
Sean Jones
Gemini
2005, CD,
,
Post Bop
Calhoun*
Native Lands
2005, CD, DVD,
,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Mingus Big Band, Orchestra* & Dynasty*
I Am Three
2005, CD,
,
Post Bop/Big Band
Sean Jones
Eternal Journey
2004, CD, Album, Mack Avenue,
Eric Revis
Tales Of The Stuttering Mime
2004, CD, Album, 11:11 Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
J.D. Allen Quartet / Quintet*
Pharoah's Children
2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Russell Gunn
Blue On The D.L.
2002, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc.
Bobby Watson
Live & Learn
2001, CD, Album, Palmetto Records
The Orrin Evans Trio*
Deja Vu
2001, CD, Album, Imani Records (5)
Common
Like Water For Chocolate
2000, CD Edited,
,
Conscious
Bobby Watson
Quiet As It's Kept
1999, CD, Album, Red Record, Red Record,
,
Bop/Vocal
Duane Eubanks
My Shining Hour
1999, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Dawn*
Dawn
1998, CD, Album, Imani Records (5)
Various
Shorter Moments (Exploring The World Of Wayne)
2021, 12xFile, FLAC, Comp, 24-, Posi-Tone
Various
Critics' Choice And Other Voices
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Jazziz,
Various
Fall Into Jazz
2018, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Jazziz
Various
Imani Records Sampler
2005, CDr, Promo, Smplr, Imani Records (5)
Various
Jazz Magazine Vol. 5
2003, CD, Comp, New Sounds 2000,
Various
Live At Ortlieb's Jazzhaus
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Encounter Records (3)
Common
Like Water For Chocolate
2010, 2x Vinyl,
,
Conscious
Sean Jones
Gemini
2005, CD,
,
Post Bop
Calhoun*
Native Lands
CD,
,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz