Peter Evans

• Name — Peter Evans • Born — 2 October 1981 • Genre — Free improvisation, avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Trumpet, piccolo trumpet • Years Active — 2002–present • Label — More Is More, Emanem, Firehouse 12, Thirsty Ear, ugEXPLODE, Carrier Records, psi, Dancing Wayang, Whirlwind, Dead CEO, Creative Sources • Associated Acts — Mostly Other People Do the Killing, • Website — peterevanstrumpet.com

• Illustration — Peter Evans at the Moers Festival in 2015 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, 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, Dan Weiss, and John Zorn. He is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble 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 West x Adidas fashion show in New York City. In 2011 Evans founded the label More is More Records.

Peter Evans is recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the occupation musician. Classed in the genre jazz.