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Bill Evans
Bill Evans, who is not related to the pianist with the same name, started playing piano at age 6 and added the clarinet at age 11. He played locally in New York during the late 70s - with Joanne Brackeen, Thad Jones, Art Blakey and the group "Elements"(led by Pat Metheny's early rhythm section Danny Gottlieb and Mark Egan). His first big break came when he joined the comeback-group of Miles Davis from 1980 to 1984. Since then he has recorded a few solo albums and also played live and on records with
His compositional style included the basic elements of todays acid jazz even in the early 1980s, when he combined real drums with drum machines and bebop-lines with funk and hip-hop rhythms. Since then he has expanded his style to include rap-vocals on the album "Push". His steady touring band included rapper K.C.Flight as well as Ron Jenkins (bass), Scooter Warner (drums) and percussionist Manolo Badrena (who also raps live on stage). The basic band has hardly changed, but he is working with different rappers now.
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