1. TOWN CLOWN 2. PRIDE 3. THE GOLDMINE 4. BIG BLACK LIMOUSINE 5. HIGH IN HEELS 6. NOT MY FIRST TIME 7. ME AND YOU AGAIN 8. BEST OF EVERYTHING 9. QUICKSAND 10. ONE TIME AGAIN 11. GETTING THERE
Number of discs:
1
Description:
Orrin Evan??s astonishing new album The Magic of Now finds the celebrated pianist and
bandleader at a personal and career crossroads. Leading a rhythm section that he intended
to record over 10 years ago--bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Bill Stewart--and one of
the most decorated artists of 2020 (and a fellow Philadelphian)??alto saxophonist Immanuel
Archer??Evans finds perfect timing within uncertain times.
The Magic of Now was recorded at a livestream engagement at Smoke Jazz Club during the
second weekend of December 2020. Evans and the band didn??t know they were making an
album until listening to playbacks. The music was too good not to release. For Evans, it was
his first performance playing indoors again, clad with masks to a room sans an audience
since March 2020. Despite a change in almost every external dynamic, Evans says it was
being ??like a kid in a candy store,? which is a sentiment that fully captures what is arguably
one of Evans??s most masterful projects to date. -