Evan Christopher
Evan Christopher (born August 31, 1969 in Long Beach ) is an American jazz clarinetist. He tries to revive the New Orleans style of clarinet playing in jazz.
Live and act
Christopher attended Idyllwild Art Academy in Idyllwild and studied saxophone at the University of Southern California and clarinet at California State University in Long Beach. He also took lessons from Kenny Davern , Tony Scott and George Probert . He first came to New Orleans in the early 1990s , on tour with singer-songwriter AJ Croce , and moved there entirely in 1994. For several years he played in the Jim Cullum Jazz Band in San Antonio . Then he was back in New Orleans, where he studied the early jazz clarinet style, initially aiming for a degree from Tulane University with his studies. But he had to move away after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He was artist in residence on French invitation in Paris, where he formed his Jazz Traditions PROJECT and his band Django à la Créole (with albums Django à la Créole 2008 and Finesse 2010, both with Frémeaux & Associés ), the New Orleans jazz traditions Creole music and gypsy jazz. He toured with Irvin Mayfield's New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (he plays on their 2009 Grammy- winning album Book One , which also contains compositions by him) and has been back in New Orleans since 2008. In 2008/9 he taught at the University of New Orleans , where he supervised a New Orleans Music Ensemble .
He composes and recorded his compositions: 2006 released his album Delta Bound (Arbors Records) with the pianist Dick Hyman , 2010 The Remembering Song (Arbors Records) with the guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli . In 2010 his Treat it Gentle Suite was performed with the Minnesota Orchestra. Other albums by him are Clarinet Road 1 to 3 (in STR, Volume 1 from 2001), Live at the Meridien (from the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club in Meridien in Paris 2006).
In 2012 he received the Rising Star Award in the Down Beat Critic Polls.
Discographic notes
- Evan Christopher / Eli Yamin: Louie's Dream for Our Jazz Heroes (2013)
- Django à la Creole: Live! ( Frémeaux & Associés , 2014)
- Evan Christopher & David Torkanowsky: Live at Luthjen's (2020)
Web links
- Evan Christopher's website
- Evan Christopher at Allmusic (English)
- Evan Christopher at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christopher, Evan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz clarinetist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Long Beach |