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David Evans began playing professionally in his native Alabama before he was old enough to drive to his gigs. A scholarship to Loyola University brought him to New Orleans in 1984, where he quickly became a busy commercial and jazz musician, performing with the likes of Pete Fountain, B. B. King, Mose Allison, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade, Johnny Vidacovich, Luther Kent, Matt Lemmler, Johnny Mathis, Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, The Temptations, and many others.

From 1986 to 1994, David was musical director on the National Historic Landmark steamboat Delta Queen. In addition to performing with and managing his band, he was busy as a writer and arranger for musical shows. He also researched, created and presented special lecture/performances on different periods of American music for groups from The Smithsonian, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.

Since moving to the Northwest in 1994, he has performed or recorded with Art Abrams, Dan Balmer, Phil Baker, Mel Brown, Retta Christie, Dan Faehnle, Dave Frishberg, Jim Goodwin, Darrell Grant, Tom Grant, Carlton Jackson, Rebecca Kilgore, Nancy King, Joe La Barbera, Bob Magnusson, Shirley Nanette, Mia Nicholson, Eddie Parente, Randy Porter, Jean Ronne, Andre St. James, Ron Steen, Bobby Torres, Chris Tyle, Mike Wofford, Lee Wuthenow, Tall Jazz, and many others.

In February of 2005, David's first CD under his own name was released nationally to excellent reviews: "I Didn't Know About You", featuring the West Coast's premiere trio Mike Wofford, Bob Magnusson and Joe La Barbera.

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Album Review

David Evans: Needy Time

Read "Needy Time" reviewed by David King


Call him a scholar, educator, performer, singer, guitarist. David Evans is all of these and, above all else, a preservationist revered for his knowledge of the blues and a commitment to its survival. He has worked preserving the blues for the last forty-five years. He received a Grammy for best album notes for Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (Snapper, 2003).

Evans was a musical partner with iconic guitarist/vocalist Alan Wilson, before the formation of Canned ...

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David Evans: I Didn't Know About You

Read "I Didn't Know About You" reviewed by Elliott Simon


David Evans is an expressive tenor player who, like a unique vocalist, can use his horn to bring a fresh take to a timeless standard. For I Didn't Know About You , he has engaged a top shelf piano trio that has him successfully maneuvering through a wide range of sentiment to inspire an array of emotions. The result is a most satisfying session.

Joining Evans for his trip down memory lane is an all-star band with the versatile Mike ...

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New CD by Retta Christie + Dave Frishberg and David Evans Due 5/18

New CD by Retta Christie + Dave Frishberg and David Evans Due 5/18

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Retta Christie makes American music to be enjoyed. If the Portland vocalist has a heartfelt reaction to a song, she sings it her own way, regardless of the style or tradition whence it came. She draws on Western swing, jazz, country and western, and the Great American Songbook and makes all of it her own. Christie's surprising song choices, her breezy sense of swing, and her gift for conveying the emotional essence of a lyric are in ample display on ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Garden Of Delights

Dot Time Records
2016

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Needy Time

Inside Sounds
2007

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I Didn't Know About...

Heavywood Records
2005

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