Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory. 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 break through the technical barriers of his instrument and enjoys playing with steady configurations of improvisers; each band explores a specific concept or style as much as possible.
Current bands include the Peter Evans Quartet (with Brandon Seabrook, Tom Blancarte, & Kevin Shea), Moppa Elliott's terrorist bebop band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, the hyperactive free-improvisation duo Sparks (with Tom Blancarte), the free-jazz quintet Carnivalskin (with Klaus Kugel and Bruce Eisenbeil), the Language Of with Charles Evans, duos with trumpeter Nate Wooley and saxophonist Dave Reminick, the New York Trumpet Ensemble, as well as a sustained interest in solo performance. In New York, Peter also performs contemporary notated music with groups such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Contiuum, and Ensemble 21. 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.
Other collaborators have included: Mary Halvorson, Dave Taylor, John Zorn, Okkyung Lee, Taylor Ho Bynum, Perry Robinson, Jim Black, Evan Parker, Ned Rothenberg, Mark Gould, Jack Wright, Luka Ivanovic, Brian Chase, and Alan Kay. Recent travels have brought Peter to venues and festivals in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the UK, and Southeast Asia. Recordings include "More is More", a solo trumpet album on psi, the self-titled first album of the Peter Evans Quartet (on firehouse12), and Shamokin!, the second album by MOPDTK, on HotCup Records.
i wish i'd realized you were playing here on the 30th! i actually had a session in new haven, but i could have made it back in time for it! anyway, i'm gonna try and come catch you soon!
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thanks being friends in myspace Love your MORE IS MORE cd (psi label ) definitively a GREAT recording and a milestone of the contemporary trumpet ! Also you have build a genuine and very personnal style of jazz blowing which is very interesting. Proof to that the No Relation cd with Charles Evans the baritone saxophonist (no relation) . Pls, say me if one of the 5th or 6th september could work . We can make 2 dates here with Sureau trio and Jacques F., the bass clarinet player and his pal. Looking forward hearing frm you ( recording with PL) Thanks a lot anyway. Truly yours . J-M VanSchouwburg the singer of SUREAU
great seeing you tonight. the music was lovely. what is this new cd steve mentioned? i see you have many performances coming up, i hope i can make one of them soon. i definitely will be able to in a month or so. i would love to hear you with your groups.
Peter, it was my pleasure working with you this weekend. Thank you for answering the call to perform in greatest! You my friend are a musician's musician! Take good care. Let's keep in touch.
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Looking forward to the MOPDTK show in Scranton this Saturday. Here is a link to the River St. Ale House if you interested while your in the area. http://www.theriverstreetalehouse.com/
Great review in the Vancouver Sun paper about you and the Time Flies Festival. Keep playing that horn with that intensity you have always had. Cant wait to get the CD to see how you have been developing. Im heading to Oberlin now for some workshops. Take care bro.
Dear Peter, Thanks to be your friend in myspace. Loved yr More is More and the No Relation cd . Wrote a review of the No Relation quartet cd and this review is issued in Improjazz (France) . More Is More (Psi) is a stunning and unmissable piece of music of contemorary trumpet. Also , your own jazz style is already blossoming in the quartet recording with Ch Evans (nice baritone and No Relation). You will receive the scan of the paper. It's great that you are playing gigs ! All my very best wishes for you and your music. J-M from around Brussels
