Release Date: 19 November 2007
Label: ESC Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 718750372123
Genres: Jazz
Description
Steve Evans is a new name, a young vocalist who lives and works in Chicago with a different background to the average jazz singer. His manner of singing is completely different, too. As a boy soprano he spent his childhood singing in front of the congregation, and was then classically trained throughout his teens and groomed for the Opera. Until he discovered jazz.
At The Berklee College of Music he was offered the opportunity to spend two years alongside celebrated jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany as his chief instructor. After leaving Berklee Steve placed himself in the middle of Chicago’s thriving jazz scene and has been a mainstay ever since. In the already narrow field of male jazz vocalists Evans stands out. His choice of material, (Tom Waits, Nick Drake, Arto Lindsay, Van Morrison, Milton Nascimento, Benjamin Britten....) and tenor range along with strikingly original arrangements create a sound that is entirely unique.
Steve Evans (vocals), Leandro Lopez Varady (piano), Jake Vinsel (bass), Noritaka Tanaka (drums).
Tracks: Into Shade / Clap Hands / River Man / Lost Mind / Jockey Full Of Bourbon / There’s A Lull In My Life / Concierto de Aranjuez; The Way Young Lovers Do / Corpus Christi Carol / Things Behind The Sun / Soon It’s Gonna Rain / The Part You Throw Away / Ill Wind / Saidas e Bandieras / Fruit Tree / The Night We Called It A Day.
Tracklisting
Tribal Tech
Joe Zawinul
Mathias Haus & Philipp Van Endert Duo
Bejamin Leuschner & Matthias Goebel
Hiram Bullock
Jim Beard
Gerald Gradwohl
Allen Hinds
Misha Mullov-Abbado
Tuohi Klang
Skerik, Brian Haas, James Singleton, Simon Lott
Heikki Sarmanto
Max Roach
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Ray Barretto
