Jack Evans (musician)

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Jack Evans (born March 3, 1953, Anamosa, Iowa) is an American musician and songwriter.

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Evans, a 1978 graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music Composition Degree, went on to form the award-winning band Reverend Zen. The New York band's first album was Angels, Blues, and the Crying Moon on Blakjak Music Records, Anamosa Songs ASCAP c2006. The group's ten song video collection entitled Reverend Zen The Videos was released in 2015 in association with Blakjak Music Records, Anamosa Songs ASCAP c2015. In 2019 the band released their single "Magdalena - New Wings" on Blakjak Music Records, Anamosa Songs ASCAP c2019. He's won seventy five songwriting and performance awards with Reverend Zen around the world including:

He has also won multiple awards from the Billboard World Song Contest – N.Y.C., the Mid Atlantic Song Contest – Washington, D.C., and the Singer/Songwriter Awards in London, U.K. [1] [2] [3]

Involvement in Reverend Zen

Evans is the lead singer and drummer of Reverend Zen, and put together the band with over 10 other musicians. Some of those musicians[ who? ] have performed with Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Annie Lennox, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin, Donald Fagen, John Scofield, B.B. King, David Sanborn, Sheryl Crow, Aretha Franklin, John Mayer, Joni Mitchell, Albert Collins, Michael Jackson [ citation needed ]. Evans and Reverend Zen also appear on the compilation releases "Fresh Produce 4" c2007 from MVY Radio – Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Ma.,Newport, R.I., "Music For Coffee Beings" c2007 from RPW Records – Vancouver, Canada, "Songwriters & Storytellers" c2007 from Indie Artist Alliance – San Francisco, Ca., "Just Talents" c2007 from Research Music – Miami, Fla., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Berlin, Germany. [4]

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References

  1. "Reverend Zen Press".
  2. "New York's Reverend Zen Goes Global Winning Song of the Year at Spain's Effigy Awards". Jazz News. February 23, 2008. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
  3. "Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards". Jazz News. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
  4. "Reverend Zen / The Musicians".