50 Shades Of O: Orrin Evans' 50th Birthday Celebration With The Orrin Evans Trio at BOP STOP

BOP STOP welcomes acclaimed pianist Orrin Evans as he returns with his trio as a part of his 50th birthday celebration tour. Last performing at BOP STOP as part of our 9th Anniversary celebration, the Orrin Evans Trio delights and inspires with incredible musicianship and ingenuity.

For more than two decades, Yamaha pianist Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. With more than 25 albums to his credit without ever relying on the support of a major label, Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who’s made a habit of rattling the jazz world’s confining cages. That determination has paid off in accolades like topping the “Rising Star Pianist” category in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll and two Grammy nominations....

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BOP STOP welcomes acclaimed pianist Orrin Evans as he returns with his trio as a part of his 50th birthday celebration tour. Last performing at BOP STOP as part of our 9th Anniversary celebration, the Orrin Evans Trio delights and inspires with incredible musicianship and ingenuity.

For more than two decades, Yamaha pianist Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. With more than 25 albums to his credit without ever relying on the support of a major label, Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who’s made a habit of rattling the jazz world’s confining cages. That determination has paid off in accolades like topping the “Rising Star Pianist” category in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll and two Grammy nominations.

As a daring pianist, Evans combines raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance into a sound wholly his own. As an adventurous composer he traverses stylistic boundaries with abandon, drawing on full-throttle swing, deep rooted blues, expressive soul or bracing excursions into the avant-garde. As an audacious bandleader, he delights in daring fellow musicians to take bold risks, whether in mutable small group settings or his raucous Captain Black Big Band. As an inventive collaborator, his projects range from the nerve-rattling collective trio Tarbaby, to the guitar/piano duo project Eubanks-Evans-Experience, and Brazilian project Terreno Comum.

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