John Evers
John Evers (born September 25, 1939 in Vienna , † November 26, 2010 in Gran Canaria ) was an Austrian jazz trumpeter , singer, author and radio host.
Live and act
Evers became known in the Viennese traditional jazz scene in the mid-1960s . In 1966 he co-founded the formation Blue Note Seven , which appeared at international jazz festivals in Europe and the USA. He later performed with his own formation, John Evers Swingtet , and since 1991 with the Blue Note Six . In the course of his career he also worked with musicians such as Jimmy Smith , Arvell Shaw and Benny Waters , and in the Vienna Jazzland he made music with Art Hodes , Wallace Davenport , George Masso , Jon-Erik Kellso and Jim Galloway . He also emerged as a writer and radio host. From 1999 he regularly presented the Ö1 radio program Jazztime with John Evers . Evers recorded several albums, most recently on his 70th birthday John Meets Horn , where he can be heard with the aforementioned bands as well as with the Stanton Bigband and the Chicago Eight . John Evers was connected to jazz from an early age and was a passionate record collector.
John Evers was the father of the popular artist, journalist and photographer John Evers.
Trivia
Coincidentally, on his 77th birthday (on September 25, 2016) his main band - the Blue Note Six - celebrates its 50th anniversary in the Vienna Orpheum with the participation of numerous musicians ( Martin Breinschmid , Christian Plattner , Thomas Schwetz and others).
Works
Discography (selection)
- Blue Note Seven "Dixieland on the Danube"
- Blue Note Seven Swingin 'Dixieland from Vienna
- Blue Note Six From Vienna with Swing
- Blue Note Six "Stage and Studio"
- Blue Note Six Salute to Satchmo - Life from the Jazzfest Wien 1995 (with Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems , Joe Muranyi and Oscar Klein )
- Blue Note Six "At the Jazz Band Ball"
- Blue Note Six "That's my Home"
- Blue Note Six "Blue Note Six again"
- John meets horn
Books
- Slices of luck - a book for record collectors . Munich, Langen-Müller 1989 ISBN 3-7844-2284-5 .
- The 125 best jazz jokes , self-published in 1993.
Web links
- Band history of the Blue Note Six or Blue Note Seven
- Obituary in Der Standard
- Review of John Meets Horn (PDF; 1.6 MB) in Jazz Podium
Individual evidence
- ↑ Six arguments against the outdated, elitist school system . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed on May 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Work & Economy - Unimportant? Marginalized! Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
- ^ John Evers "Work and Break - Everyday - Festtage - Tunisia". Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evers, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian jazz musician and radio host |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 2010 |
| Place of death | Gran Canaria |