Nick Evans (born 9 January 1947 in

Newport, Monmouthshire Newport ( cy, Casnewydd; ) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. With a population of 145,700 at the 2011 census, Newport is the third-largest au ...

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

) is a Welsh former jazz and

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

trombonist The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

Career

Evans worked in the

Graham Collier James Graham Collier (21 February 1937 – 9 September 2011) was an English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer. Life and career Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, on leaving school Collier joined the British Army as a musician, ...

Sextet (1968–69),

Keith Tippett Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "..spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporary ...

Group (1968–70),

Soft Machine Soft Machine are a British rock band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge (keyboards, 1966–1976), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals, 1966–1971), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals, 1966–1968) and Daevid Allen (guitar, 1966–196 ...

(1969), Brotherhood of Breath (1970–74),

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(1970–71), Just Us (1972–73), Ambush (1972), Ninesense (1975–80), Intercontinental Express (1976), Ark (1976, 1978), Nicra (1977),

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's Diamond Express (1977), Spirits Rejoice (1978–79), and Dreamtime (1983).

Early years

He started playing the

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

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

and became a founding member of his sextet. He later worked with South African band Brotherhood of Breath and also

. He was a peripheral figure in the

Canterbury Scene The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) was a musical scene centred on the town of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Associated with progressive rock, the term describes a loosely-defined, improvisational styl ...

. Evans also appeared on the album ''

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'' by the progressive rock band,

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, in 1970.

Discography

* 1969 : ''The heart of the blues is sound'' by Champion Jack Dupree * 1969 : '' Down Another Road'' by

Sextet * 1970 : ''Manfred Mann Chapter three'' by Manfred Mann Chapter Three * 1970 : ''Third'' by Soft Machine * 1970 : ''Lizard'' by King Crimson * 1970 : ''You are here... I am there'' by Keith Tippett * 1970 : ''Die Jazz-Werkstatt '70'' by Various Artists * 1971 : ''Conflagration'' by The Trio * 1971 : ''Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath'' by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath * 1971 : ''Banana Moon'' by Daevid Allen * 1971 : ''Out of nowhere'' by Henry Schifter * 1971 : ''Blue Memphis'' by Memphis Slim * 1971 : ''Fourth'' by Soft Machine * 1971 : ''Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening'' by The Keith Tippett Group * 1971 : ''Brotherhood'' by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath * 1971 : ''Septober Energy by Centipede * 1971 : ''Time of the last persecution'' by Bill Fay * 1971 : ''1969'' by Julie Driscoll * 1971 : ''Reg King'' by Reg King * 1971 : ''Rites and Rituals'' by Ray Russell * 1971 : ''Worker's Playtime'' by B B Blunder * 1972 : ''Graham Bell'' by Graham Bell * 1973 : ''1984'' by Hugh Hopper * 1974 : ''Live at Willisau'' by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath * 1974 : ''Alexis Korner Mister Blues'' by Alexis Korner - With Mel Collins, Boz Burrell, Ian Wallace, Elton Dean, Zoot Money, etc. * 1975 : ''Sunset Glow'' by Julie Tippetts * 1975 : ''Desperate Straights'' by Slapp Happy/Henry Cow * 1976 : ''Thunder Into Our Hearts'' by Jabula * 1976 : ''London'' by Intercontinental Express * 1976 : ''Oh ! For The Edge'' by Elton Dean's Ninesense * 1977 : ''Triple Echo'' by Soft Machine - 3 LP Boxset * 1977 : ''Happy Daze'' by Elton Dean's Ninesense * 1977 : ''Listen/Hear'' by Nicra * 1978 : ''Frames (Music For An Imaginary Film)'' by Keith Tippett's Ark * 1978 : ''Diamond Express'' by Dudu Pukwana * 1978 : ''Spirits Rejoice'' by Louis Moholo Octet * 1981 : ''Yes Please ! Angoulème 1981'' by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath * 1984 : ''Bunny Up'' by Dreamtime * 1985 : ''Hat Music'' by Katie Perks * 1985 : ''The Bologna Tapes'' by Elton Dean Quintet * 1986 : ''A Loose Kite In A Gentle Wind Floating With Only My Will For An Anchor'' by Keith Tippett Sextet * 1986 : ''T.R.O.U.B.L.E'' by Vic Godard * 1987 : ''Andy Sheppard'' by Andy Sheppard * 1988 : ''Alexis Korner And... 1972 - 1983'' by Alexis Korner * 1988 : '' Copy Cats'' by

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* 1988 : ''Willkommen In West-Poind-Blanc'' by Clowns & Helden * 1988 : ''Born to Cry'' by Johnny Thunders

References

External links

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