Monday January 29, 2018
From Burning Ambulance Podcast
Episode 9: Orrin Evans
By: Phil Freeman
The ninth episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features Orrin Evans, who’s been a solo artist for about 20 years, but is gaining a brand-new audience as the new pianist’“replacing Ethan Iverson’“in the long-running trio The Bad Plus.
In this conversation, taped in early January, we discuss his early career, his placement in the annual Thelonious Monk competition, his other collaborative trio Tarbaby, his plans for juggling his solo career with his work in The Bad Plus, and much more.