Orrin Evans

Presence (SSR-1805)

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Presence

Orrin Evans

Smoke Sessions

888295803359

SMK 155403

SSR-1805

JAZZ

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CD 16,98 €

DIGIPACK EDITION

The influence of the late playwright and educator Donald Evans has always loomed large over the Captain Black Big Band. Pianist and bandleader Orrin Evans named the band for his father’s brand of pipe tobacco, the aroma of which always announced his father’s presence in the house. The big band’s third album, Presence, is a celebration of the warmth and spirit of the elder Evans, but more importantly it’s quite simply a celebration – an approach to not only music but life that Evans inherited directly from his parents.

THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND:

CALEB CURTIS, alto sax
TODD BASHORE, alto sax
TROY ROBERTS, tenor sax
JOHN RAYMOND, trumpet
JOSH LAWRENCE, trumpet
BRYAN DAVIS, trumpet
DAVID GIBSON, trombone
STAFFORD HUNTER, trombone
BRENT WHITE, trombone
ORRIN EVANS, piano
MADISON RAST, bass
ANWAR MARSHALL, drums
JASON BROWN, drums

Recorded live at South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor, Philadelphia, July 20, 2016

TRACKS:

01. The Scythe
02. Question
03. Onward
04. When It Comes
05. Flip the Script
06. Trams
07. Answer
08. Presence
09. When It Comes (alternate take)