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Peter Margasak previews Orrin Evans “Flip the Script” for the Chicago Reader…
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For nearly two decades Philadelphia’s Orrin Evans has been one of the most reliable, impressive, and overlooked pianists in postbop. He’s not a revolutionary, but his music always pushes forward while embracing the best of the past. Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, and Elmo Hope all inform his charged, lucid playing, but he also embraces hip-hop and soul without ...Read More
Orrin Evans “Flip the Script” gets a mention on the i dig jazz blog…
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Jazz piano player Orrin Evans has never received the press his peers Jason Moran and Cyrus Chestnut have. Evans, a swing savvy musician, deserves the same attention. To support that opinion, I point to Evans’ new trio album “Flip the Script,” which Posi-Tone Records will release the 12th of June. Evans plays mostly originals, and he tosses in “Someday My Prince Wi ...Read More
Step Tempest reviews Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
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Pianist-composer Orrin Evans makes music that can be confrontational, hard-edged, and vigorous yet has a melodic side that, like Charles Mingus, allows his pieces to go in many and varied directions. Evans has released a series of CDs on Posi-Tone Records that displays his many talents, from the forceful Captain Black Big Band to the trenchant sounds of Tar Baby ( ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
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In the wrong hands, the contemporary piano trio can sound like a retread of piano trios since the dawn of popular music. In the right hands it remains a potent force: exciting, engaging, full of imagination and capable of flights of invention. The hands of Orrin Evans are the right hands. The Philadelphia-born pianist is approaching 20 years as a recording artist and, by the s ...Read More
Sounds of Timeless Jazz reviews Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
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Flip The Script
Orrin Evans
Pianist Orrin Evans’ Flip the Scriptis a confident display of his trio’s musical interplay that features bassist Ben Wolfe and drummer Donald Edwards on ten great tracks. This straight-ahead session offers some daring swing, audacious hard-bop, and forward-thinking avant-garde improvisations in an evocative program. The recording ...Read More
The first review is in for Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
www.criticaljazz.com
In the days of the digital download and advanced ordering of new releases there are some records simply too good to wait for – this is one.
When we last heard from Orrin Evans the release was Freedom. Evans pays homage to some of the Philly greats that influenced his sound and fueled his passion. Now we have Flip The Script which is simply Evans not reinventing the ...Read More
A couple of new reviews for Orrin Evans and Ralph Bowen….
midwestrecord.com
ORRIN EVANS/Flip the Script: With a new trio, Evans plays piano like it’s a bebop instrument using it to anchor a straight ahead date with a lot of modern jazz overtones. Left leaning but not from the church basement, this is seasoned, high octane piano trio music that goes from racket to joyful noise to pulse pounding. Sitting down jazz for those not afraid to push the ped ...Read More
Critical Jazz coverage for Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/03/orrin-evans-freedom-posi-tone-2011.html
Jazz without passion is kind of like lite beer. Why bother?
A former editor once advised the necessity to separate the individual from their art in matters of critical review. There are cases however when an artist makes his or her outspoken notoriety as much of their career making the process increasingly difficul ...Read More
JazzTimes review for Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
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Freedom contains a curious patchwork of styles—none of them, ironically, free. Pianist Orrin Evans and his trio (Dwayne Burno on bass, Byron Landham or Anwar Marshall on drums), plus tenor saxophonist Larry McKenna on two songs, tackle various aspects of mainstream jazz. For example, the complex postbop “One for Honor” precedes the riffy, Golson-esque “Gray’s Ferry,” wh ...Read More
The Jazz Word: Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
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Hot on the heels of his Captain Black Big Band release, pianist Orrin Evans delivers a swinging piano-trio tribute to his hometown of Philadelphia with Freedom. The disc has a contemplative feel with the occasional burst of frenetic energy. The direction is refreshing and telling of the maturity of Evans, who seems more concerned with artistic expression than technical ...Read More