Joe Evans (musician)

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Joe Evans
Birth nameJoseph James Evans
Born(1916-10-07)October 7, 1916
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
DiedJanuary 17, 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 97)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsAlto saxophone
LabelsCarnival Records

Joe Evans (October 7, 1916 – January 17, 2014) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.[1][2]

Born in Pensacola, Florida in October 1916,[1] he was active between 1939 and 1965, playing in the big bands of Jay McShann (coinciding with Charlie Parker), Jimmy Forrest and Gene Ramey; Don Redman and Louis Armstrong.[2] In 1944 he recorded with Mary Lou Williams, as a member of a band including Coleman Hawkins, Bill Coleman and Denzil Best.[3] At the beginning of 1945, he recorded for J. Mayo Williams's independent label, Chicago, leading a combo comprising Jesse Drakes, Duke Jordan, Gene Ramey, J. C. Heard and Etta Jones.[4]

Later that same year[5] and in 1946, he recorded with Andy Kirk's orchestra as part of a lineup that included Fats Navarro, Reuben Phillips, Jimmy Forrest, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Hank Jones, Floyd Smith, Al Hall and Ben Thigpen.[6] Other musicians he performed and recorded with include Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Lionel Hampton.[2]

In 2008, University of Illinois Press published his autobiography, Follow Your Heart, co-authored by Christopher Brooks, a professor of anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University.[7]

Evans died in Richmond, Virginia of renal disease in January 2014 at the age of 97.[8]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Manhattans Story Part 1". Soulexpress.net. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Biography at AllMusic
  3. ^ 'A Little “Rifftide” Geneology', Artsjournal.com, Retrieved 2012-0826
  4. ^ Paulus, G., Campbell, R., Pruter, R., Stallworth, R., Sax, D. and O'Neal, J. "Ebony, Chicago, Southern, and Harlem: The Mayo Williams Indies" Archived 2009-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-08-26
  5. ^ Kirk, Andy. Twenty Years on Wheels at Google Books. Retrieved 2012-08-27
  6. ^ "Fats Navarro Discography", Csis.pace.edu, Retrieved 2012-08-26
  7. ^ Brooks, Joe Evans with Christopher. "UI Press | Joe Evans with Christopher Brooks | Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues". www.press.uillinois.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  8. ^ "Jazz saxophonist and UIP author Joe Evans, 1916-2014". Press.uillinois.esu. January 21, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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