Evan Christopher began playing clarinet in junior high school in Long Beach, CA. His first introduction to New Orleans music was hearing Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens with Johnny Dodds and ...
In some jazz circles, the term “trad” sometimes gets a bad rap—like a fusty pop equivalent of the “historically informed performances” of the classical scene. Of course, New Orleans music fans know ...
On A Summit in Paris clarinetist Evan Christopher joins his contemporary, early jazz stylings with the Django-worthy technique of guitarist Fapy Laftertin to honor both Reinhardt and several pioneers ...
The clarinet may be the most vocal of instruments, made to spin stories and evoke emotion. In a return to the Cock ’N’ Bull Sunday, Evan Christopher told tales and translated feelings with persuasive ...
New Orleans-style clarinetist Evan Christopher is semi-retired but makes an exception for the Cock ’N’ Bull, returning on Sunday. “I dialed my gigging activities way back when the pandemic and the kid ...