Peter Evans is a improvising trumpeter who specializes in

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and avant-garde music.

Career

Evans graduated from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He also studied at the New England Conservatory of Music's School of Preparatory Education. He has led the Peter Evans Quintet with Ron Stabinsky, Sam Pluta, Tom Blancarte, and

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, the Zebulon trio with John Hebert and Kassa Overall, and was a member of the band

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. He has worked with

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, Mary Halvorson, Okkyung Lee,

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, Matana Roberts,

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, Dave Taylor,

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, and John Zorn. He is a member of the

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and Wet by the ICE, Yarn/Wire, the Donaueschingen Musiktage Festival, the Jerome Foundation's Emerging Artist Program, and was a 2014 Artist-in-Residence at

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in Brooklyn, New York. Evans performed at the 2016

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x Adidas fashion show in New York City. In 2011 Evans founded the label More is More Records.

Discography

* ''More Is More'' (psi, 2006) * ''The Peter Evans Quartet'' (Firehouse 12, 2007) * ''Nature/Culture'' (psi 2010) * ''Scenes in the House of Music'' – with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton (

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, 2010) * ''Peter Evans Quartet – Live in Lisbon'' (Clean Feed, 2010) * ''Ghosts'' (More is More, 2011) * ''Beyond Civilized and Primitive'' (Dancing Wayang, 2011) * ''Mechanical Malfunction'' – with Weasel Walter and Mary Halvorson (

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, 2013) * ''Zebulon'' - Trio (More is More, 2013) * '' Rocket Science'' – with Craig Taborn, Evan Parker and Sam Pluta (More Is More, 2013) * ''Destination: Void'' (More is More, 2014) * ''Premature Burial'' – with Matt Nelson and Dan Peck (New Atlantis, 2015) * ''Amok Amor'' – with Wanja Slavin, Petter Eldh, Christian Lillinger (Boomslang, 2015) * ''Pulverize the Sound'' (Relative Pitch, 2015) * ''Syllogistic Moments'' – with Barry Guy (Maya, 2018) * ''Two Live Sets'' - with Sam Pluta (Sam Pluta, 2020) * ''Being And Becoming'' - Quartet (More Is More, 2020)

References

External links

Peterevanstrumpet.com
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