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Peter Evans is an improvising trumpeter who specializes in free improvisation and avant-garde music.[1][2]
Peter Evans
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Evans performing in 2012
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| Born | (1981-10-02) October 2, 1981 (age 42) |
| Genres | Free improvisation, avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet, piccolo trumpet |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | More Is More, Emanem, Firehouse 12, Thirsty Ear, ugEXPLODE, Carrier Records, psi, Dancing Wayang, Whirlwind, Dead CEO, Creative Sources |
| Website | peterevanstrumpet |
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 Jim Black, the Zebulon trio with John Hebert and Kassa Overall,[3] and was a member of the band Mostly Other People Do the Killing. He has worked with Peter Brötzmann, Mary Halvorson, Okkyung Lee, Evan Parker, Matana Roberts, Tyshawn Sorey, Dave Taylor, Weasel Walter, and John Zorn.
He is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble[4] 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 Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, New York. Evans performed at the 2016 Kanye WestxAdidas fashion show in New York City.
In 2011 Evans founded the label More is More Records.[5]
