Orrin Evans
Orrin Evans | “The Red Door”
Pianist Orrin Evans Opens The Red Door With a Stellar New Album That Celebrates Taking Musical and Personal Chances, Available Today via Smoke Sessions All-Star Date Featuring Nicholas Payton, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith With Special Guests Buster Williams, Larry McKenna, Gene Jackson, the Late Wallace Roney and Vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Sy Smith, and Alita…
Read MoreOrrin Evans | “The Red Door” | Available June 16 via Smoke Sessions Records
Pianist Orrin Evans Opens The Red Door With a Stellar New Album That Celebrates Taking Musical and Personal Chances, Due Out June 16, 2023, via Smoke Sessions All-Star Date Featuring Nicholas Payton, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith With Special Guests Buster Williams, Larry McKenna, Gene Jackson, the Late Wallace Roney and Vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Sy…
Read MoreSmoke Sessions Records Celebrates Great Artistry in 2020
Smoke Sessions Records Celebrates Great Artistry in 2020 with Releases by Late Harold Mabern, Wayne Escoffery, Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band, Bobby Watson, Eddie Henderson, Joe Farnsworth, Peter Bernstein, and Eric Reed 2021 Kicks Off with Albums From Greg Skaff with Ron Carter and Tootie Heath; Vincent Herring with Cyrus Chestnut, Johnathan Blake, Yasushi Nakamura…
Read MoreDL Media Artists Receive Six Nominations in 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards
DL Media Artists Earn Six Nominations for 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards DL Media is proud to congratulate our artists on six nominations in five categories in the 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards, including: John Beasley, Kurt Elling feat. Danilo Pérez, Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Maria Mendes and John Beasley, and Christian Sands. “The DL Media team is excited…
Read MoreOrrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band | “The Intangible Between” | Available May 1 via Smoke Session Records
Pianist/Bandleader Orrin Evans Gathers Together His Close-Knit Village For The Spirited, Celebratory Fourth Album by the GRAMMY® Award-nominated Captain Black Big Band The Intangible Between, Due Out May 1 via Smoke Sessions Records If it takes a village to raise a child, as the proverb says, then it certainly takes at least that much to…
Read MoreDL Media Artists Earn Five Nominations in Four Categories for 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards
DL Media Artists Earn Five Nominations in Four Categories for 61st Annual GRAMMY® Awards Best Improvised Jazz Solo Regina Carter “Some of That Sunshine” (Karrin Allyson’s Some of That Sunshine) Krasrecords Release Date: August 3, 2018 Web: ReginaCarter.com _______________________________________________ Best Jazz Vocal Album Kurt Elling The Questions Sony/OKeh Release Date: March 23, 2018 Web: KurtElling.com ________________________________________________ Best Large…
Read MoreOrrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band | “Presence” | Available September 21 via Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band Returns with Raucous Live Recording, Presence Long-running Ensemble, Led by The Bad Plus’ New Pianist, Creates Family Vibe Onstage in Philadelphia For Third Album Available September 21 via Smoke Sessions The influence of the late playwright and educator Donald Evans has always loomed large over the…
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