Steve Evans Quartet - 2 Sets
Click here to purchaseA hip new jazz singer from Chicago – one with an equal ear for older standards and more contemporary tunes! Steve Evans has a quality that's quite different from most of his contemporaries – a warmly fluid style of singing that's often quite soulful, in ways that really brings a new sort of energy to the tracks selected for the album. His approach is neither classic rehash, nor the sort of sleepy vocals that often play over downtempo beats – and instead, he mixes his vocals wonderfully with some live acoustic instrumentation – just a bit of piano, bass, and drums – again used in ways that are less conventionally jazz than you might expect. Add to the mix a selection of tunes by writers as diverse as Tom Waits, Nick Drake, Matt Dennis, Tom Jones, and Lucas Santtana -- and you've got a very compelling little album, one that makes us proud to share a hometown with Steve! The session was recorded live in the studio – broken into two "sets", hence the title.
– Dusty Groove America
- 2 Sets features
- Leandro Lopez Varady on piano
- Jake Vinsel on bass
- Noritaka Tanaka on drums.
Quotes about 2 Sets
"An interpretive blackbelt, on the same level of Kurt Elling and Tierney Sutton…daring and refreshing."
- All About Jazz
"In Steve Evans we may have found a new star."
- Mucchio, Italy
"A voice that seems a cross between Nina Simone and Jeff Buckley, but with a layer of jazz in the style of Kurt Elling"
- Rock Star, Italy
Track Listing Listen to a preview of the album
Disk 1
- Into Shade
- Arto Lindsay, Lucas Santana
- Clap Hands
- Tom Waits
- River Man
- Nick Drake
- Lost Mind
- Percy Heath
- Jockey Full Of Bourbon
- Tom Waits
- There’s A Lull In My Life
- Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
- Concierto De Aranjuez / The Way Young Lovers Do
- Rodrigo / Van Morrison
- Corpus Christi Carol
- Benjamin Britten
Disk 1
- Things behing the sun
- Nick Drake
- Soon It’s Gonna Rain
- Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt
- The Part You Throw Away
- Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
- Ill Wind
- Harold Arlen
- Saidas E Bandeiras
- Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant
- Fruit Tree
- Nick Drake
- The Night We Called It A Day
- Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Steve Evans – Debut Album
This self-titled debut was recorded in 2003. Straight out of Berklee, this was Steve's first attempt as arranger and producer. The 12 track collection features well chosen Standards as well as original lyrics to Frank Fosters' "Simone" and Thad Jones' "A Child Is Born". "Spare Change", was written by fellow classmate and pianist on the session Esteban Sehinkman with lyrics by Steve Evans. The rhythm section is made up of Esteban Sehinkman on piano, Jeff Hanley on bass, and Noritaka Tanaka on drums. Special guests include Carlos Michelini on tenor and soprano sax, and Brian Schwab on trumpet. For anyone interested in the beginning stages of an emerging artist, this is great listening.
Track listing
- Simone
- Dindi
- Close Your Eyes
- Moondance
- Easy To Remeber
- Double Rainbow
- Sunshine Superman
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Spring Can Really Hang
You Up The Most - A Child Is Born
- Spare Change
- Moody's Mood For Love
- To purchase:
- If you would like to order Steve Evans' self-titled debut, please send check or money order for $15.00 + $2.00 s/h. (Free shipping on orders of 2 or more) send payment to:
Steve Evans
2315 N Kedzie Ave
Chicago IL 60647