American trumpet player Peter Evans, with only a nearby microphone for amplification, embarked on a solo cavalcade of furious blowing, madcap bebopping and careful breathing for 40 intense minutes on Friday night. During one serene moment, he played a duo of notes that flowed from his bell like a pair of satin ribbons—a transporting multiphonic that festered into what sounded like a vintage radio broadcast not clearly transmitting. Throughout his set, he displayed a striking ability to muster the essence of early electronics by demonstrating a precise control over the amount of air passing through each valve and the amount of force his lips projected through the mouthpiece. A melody-less, "Steamboat Willie"-like passage evolved into beatboxing, as Evans alternated squeaking and growling with a lip-puckered pop.
(Celeste Sutherland, All About Jazz)
Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory with a degree in classical trumpet. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas, including solo performance, chamber orchestras, performance art, free improvised settings, electro-acoustic music and composition. As a performer, Evans has been working to broaden the expressive range of his chosen instrument and enjoys playing with steady configurations of players and composers. Current bands include the Peter Evans Quartet, Moppa Elliott's terrorist bebop band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, the hyperactive improvisation duo Sparks (with Tom Blancarte), duo with trumpeter Nate Wooley, as well as a sustained interest in solo performance. Other collaborators include: Mary Halvorson, Dave Taylor, Steve Beresford, Okkyung Lee, Keiji Haino, Jim Black, Evan Parker, Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Brotzmann,
Mark Gould, Weasel Walter, Tobias Delius, Joel Ryan, and Luka Ivanovic. In New York, Peter also performs contemporary notated music and is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). He has continued to perform on piccolo trumpet in Baroque settings, performing Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 at the Bargemusic series, and in Bach’s Mass in B Minor at St Peter’s Church. Peter is also an experienced teacher, having given workshops on music, trumpet, and improvisation at institutions including the University of California in San Diego, Buffalo University, University of Oregon, Northwestern University and the Walden School. In June 2008 Peter traveled to the Philippines with the Cultures in Harmony project, teaching, collaborating and performing with tribal musicians in Mindanao. Recent travels have brought Peter to venues and festivals in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the UK, and Southeast Asia. These include appearances
at the Moers Festival, the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon Festival, Bordeaux Jazz Festival, Jazz a Mulhouse, and the Free Music Festival in Antwerp. Recordings the self-titled first album of the Peter Evans Quartet (on firehouse12), the self-titled "Sparks" on Creative Sources, "This is Our Moosic" the third album by MOPDTK, on HotCup Records. Upcoming recordings include a 2-disc set of solo trumpet pieces, "Nature/Culture" on psi (April of 2009).
however the real reason I'm writing is to confess that I am at Webster hall tonight and am pretty sure your quintet drummer is here as well! weird-o-rama! can anyone else confirm this? I know im not the only one having a doubletake right now!
Hi there! We add new song on the player. If you have the time, please check it out and let us now, honestly, what You think of it. Our member bought Carnival Skin album, it's magnificient! We also love Your collaborations with Weasel Walter. Well we must definitely buy gramophone to hear Oculus Ex Abbysus;/ and we're waiting for "Apocalyptik Paranoia" to arrive:D. Weasel sent it to us on 10th August:)))) Kind regards.
What the hell is going on with that track with Nate Wooley? I mean, I really want you to say there are no effects on it, even though I know that can't be. Anyway, it's sick. The part around 4:00 sounds astoundingly like Orthrelm.
Yo, and come play in Philly some more. You've got a futon in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the add Peter. I heard you at FONT a couple years ago and just checked out some of your recordings. Sounding awesome Sir, looking forward to hearing more!
