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Nick Evans (other)
Nick or Nicholas Evans may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Nick Evans (trombonist) (born 1947), British jazz trombonist with the Keith Tippett Group, Soft Machine and others * Nicholas Evans (1950–2022), English screenwriter and journalist * Nicholas Evans (artist) (1907–2004), Welsh artist Sports * Nick Evans (baseball) (born 1986), American baseball player * Nick Evans (cricketer) (born 1954), English cricketer * Nick Evans (rugby union) (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer Others * Nicholas Evans (linguist) (born 1956), Australian linguist specializing in Indigenous Australian languages See also * Nicky Evans (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Evans (trombonist)
Nick Evans (born 9 January 1947 in Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales) is a Welsh former jazz and progressive rock trombonist. Career Evans worked in the Graham Collier Sextet (1968–69), Keith Tippett Group (1968–70), Soft Machine (1969), Brotherhood of Breath (1970–74), Centipede (1970–71), Just Us (1972–73), Ambush (1972), Ninesense (1975–80), Intercontinental Express (1976), Ark (1976, 1978), Nicra (1977), Dudu Pukwana's Diamond Express (1977), Spirits Rejoice (1978–79), and Dreamtime (1983). Early years He started playing the trombone at age 11 and by 1966 he had joined the New Welsh Jazz Orchestra. In that period he first joined the Graham Collier Sextet. In 1968 at the Barry school he worked with Keith Tippett and became a founding member of his sextet. He later worked with South African band Brotherhood of Breath and also Soft Machine. He was a peripheral figure in the Canterbury Scene. Evans also appeared on the album ''Lizard'' by the progressive r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Benbow Evans (26 July 1950 – 9 August 2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist. Biography Nicholas Benbow Evans was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, son of Anthony Evans, director of a motor engineering company, and Eileen, née Whitehouse. He was educated at Bromsgrove School, where he was head boy. He served as a teacher in Senegal with the charity Voluntary Service Overseas for a year, after which he earned a first in law at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Following graduation he worked as a reporter for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne ''Evening Chronicle'' before moving to London Weekend Television where he worked on ''Weekend World'' and ''The London Programme'' and was executive producer of ''The South Bank Show'' from 1982 to 1984. During this time he also wrote and adapted screenplays for television broadcast. He tried to enter into film producing in the early 1990s, but his efforts did not come to fruition, and ''The New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Evans (artist)
Nicholas Evans (10 January 1907 – 5 February 2004) was a self-taught Welsh artist from Aberdare. He signed his paintings Nick Evans and was sometimes known by that name. His work was influenced by his spiritual beliefs as a Pentecostalist. Early life Evans was born in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Evans' talent in drawing was recognized by one of his primary school teachers, who encouraged him to sketch. He stopped after a while, for want of paper. He began work at the age of 14 as a miner, but this lasted only for three years, until the death of his father in 1923, which deeply affected Evans. His mother had also worked in the pits. In keeping with his mother's wishes, he left mining and became a railwayman, eventually finding a job as a Great Western Railway engine driver for coal trains in the Cynon Valley. He became a member of, and later a lay preacher in, the Welsh Apostolic Church. According to John Harvey, Evans believed that the inspiration for his paintings cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Evans (baseball)
Nicholas Reginald Evans (born January 30, 1986) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks, in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. Evans primarily played first base in the minor leagues, only beginning to play the outfield in the 2008 season. Professional career Nick Evans was born in Glendale, Arizona. He was selected out of St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, Arizona, by the Mets in the fifth round of the 2004 MLB draft. Evans was called up from Double-A Binghamton on May 24, 2008, to replace Marlon Anderson, who had been placed on the disabled list. He started in left field for the Mets and batted eighth. In Evans' first career at bat, he doubled off Colorado Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis. He finished the game with three doubles, the first Met to hit three extra-base hits in his major leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Evans (cricketer)
Nicholas John Evans (born 9 September 1954) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Somerset. He was born in Weston-super-Mare. He made a single first-class appearance for Somerset, during the 1976 season, having played in the Minor Counties Championship since 1972. Playing against Worcestershire, Evans scored a duck in the only innings in which he batted, and bowled 18 wicketless overs during the match. He continued to play in the Minor Counties The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes unde ... Championship until 1978. External linksNick Evansat Cricket Archive 1954 births English cricketers Living people Somerset cricketers People from Weston-super-Mare Cricketers from Somerset {{England-cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Evans (rugby Union)
Nicholas John Evans (born 14 August 1980) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played at fly-half and fullback. He played for the Highlanders and the Blues in Super 14. At 28 he joined Harlequins for the 2008–09 Premiership Rugby season, and remained with the club until his retirement on a deal reportedly worth £320,000 a year. He retired at the end of the 2016–17 season and is now a coach for Quins. Biography Evans was born in North Shore City in New Zealand, and attended Westlake Boys High School, where he played first five-eighth (fly-half) for his school's First XV. He played both rugby union and Aussie rules football at the school. He played club rugby with the East Coast Bays Rugby Club in the North Harbour Premiers. Evans graduated to the NZ under-21 and senior Aussie Rules Football sides, competed against state teams and was offered a trial with the Sydney Swansbr> turning it down to commit his future to rugby union. Although he has grown since, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Evans (linguist)
Nicholas "Nick" Evans (born 1956) is an Australian linguist and a leading expert on endangered languages. He was born in Los Angeles, USA.Our Story: Asia and the Pacific: ANU anu.edu.au. Retrieved 22 October 2017. Holding a in from the (ANU), he is Head of the Department of Linguistics and Distinguished Professor in the School of Culture, History and Language at the College of Asia and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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