Joe Evans

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Joseph James "Joe" Evans (born October 7, 1916 in Pensacola , Florida , † January 17, 2014 in Richmond , Virginia ) was an American jazz musician (alto and baritone saxophone , clarinet ) and music producer and the late swing - and the Rhythm & Blues era.

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Evans began his career in Pensacola, where he took saxophone lessons and played with local bands. Through his cousin, jazz trumpeter Buddy Johnson , he came to New York City at the age of 23, where he became a member of the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra in 1939 . He then played for Cam Williams , where he replaced Charlie Parker . In 1942 he played with Hot Lips Page and Jay McShann , then with Sil Austin , Paul Williams , Lionel Hampton , Jimmy Lunceford , Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong . Evans worked in 1944 on recordings of Mary Lou Williams ( song in My Soul / Lady, Be Good , inter alia with Bill Coleman and Coleman Hawkins ), in 1945 further recordings were made with Floyd "Horsecollar" Williams and Dud Bascomb .

From 1945 Evans recorded for J. Mayo Williams ' label in Chicago, where he directed a combo with Jesse Drakes , Duke Jordan , Gene Ramey , JC Heard and Etta Jones . In the following years he was a member of the swing bands of Andy Kirk , Claude Hopkins and Lionel Hampton ( Air Mail Special , Clef 1955). In the field of jazz he was involved in 28 recording sessions between 1944 and 1957, in addition to those mentioned in Hot Lips Page (1947), Eddie Wilcox (1949/50), Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-54), Amos Milburn and most recently in Hal Singer Orchestra.

In the early 1960s Evans toured the Motown Revue , where he a. a. accompanied R&B singers and bands Stevie Wonder , The Supremes , Marvin Gaye , The Temptations and Martha and the Vandellas . As a studio musician, he took part in numerous recordings for the Detroit Motown label. In 1961 Joe Evans founded his own record label Carnival Records , for whose productions he also arranged and worked as a musician. The Manhattans were among the label's most successful releases . After retiring as a producer, he studied at Essex County College in Newark and earned an associate degree in 1973. With a scholarship from the Ford Foundation, he continued his studies at Rutgers University , where he obtained a Master of Education degree in 1975. Evans then worked in the administration of the state of New Jersey . After retiring, he moved to Richmond, Virginia. In 2008 he published his autobiography Follow Your Heart (University of Illinois Press), which he had written with Christopher Brooks, professor of anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University .

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  1. ↑ a b Obituary at University of Illinois
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 2, 2014)
  3. ↑ Paulus, G., Campbell, R., Pruter, R., Stallworth, R., Sax, D. and O'Neal, J. "Ebony, Chicago, Southern, and Harlem: The Mayo Williams Indies" ( Memento des Originals from June 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hubcap.clemson.edu
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Joseph James (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Pensacola , Florida
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2014
Place of death Richmond , Virginia