Describing Orrin Evans as a fiercely independent jazz musician is like calling a Philly cheesesteak tasty. Never supported by a major label, Evans has risen to top-tier status, as affirmed by his #1-ranking as “Rising Star Pianist” in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll. Grammy nominations for the Smoke Sessions by Evans’ Captain Black Big Band stamped his bona fides as a bandleader and composer. Evans’ projects are multiple and protean, ranging from the Eubanks Evans Experience - a duo with eminent guitarist Kevin Eubanks - and the Brazilian unit Terreno Comum to Evans’ trio with bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr., and Tar Baby, a collective trio for 20 years with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits. Evans and his wife Dawn also run Imani Records, which they founded in 2001 and relaunched in 2018.

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