Candace Evans
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Candace Evans to the list of sweet, sultry female jazz vocalists
just too good for this town. Anybody this good eventually leaves
KC, to our big, big loss. So Nice is so apropos. Evans’ voice is
like a heart pump, smoothin’ the way for love. If her take of
“What a Little Moonlight Can Do” doesn’t puncture any jaded
guy’s armor, there’s no hope for men. Evans reveals a hint of
tease in “Centerpiece” as she makes her case known on the piano
after Jim Mair’s sax opens the way. Of course, feel her womanly
power in “Witchcraft,” though Evans here tends to nudge the
limits of her vocal range a little. It all comes together on
“Sugar” as Evans showcases her talent on piano and her fellow
musicians, especially Greg Richter on vibraphone, makes one give
thanks for the session. —Bruce Rodgers, eKC Magazine
"So
Nice" shows how her playing and singing have grown. Her high
clear singing is more assured and more daring, and her piano
swings even harder" Joe Klopus, Kansas City Star
"Candace Evans has a new found sound and sensuality" David
Basse, Host of the Jazz Scene on Kansas Public Radio
"Candace Evans has put together a tantalizing treat of an album,
one that we will want to hear and enjoy for a long time. "
says Tim Whitmer
"Evans' singing suggests
sincerity and vulnerability in ballads such as "Cry Me A River"
and "It Never Entered My Mind" and imparts a spirit of
imaginative playfulness in "We Kiss In A Shadow" and "Fly Me To
The Moon
." -
Rich Hill
"Interpretations" is an impressive first effort that will please
her following and add to it." -
- Rich Hill
Rich
Hill in
Jazz Ambassabor Magazine
- Oct/Nov 1999
"She plays the best songs and
has the voice of an angel." People are really impressed with her
talent." - Stacy
Parkinson as quoted in the Kansas City Star
"No matter where you look these
days, be it the busiest nightclub or the hippest theatre, you'll
find a Johnson Countian right there in the middle of the action.
Candace Evans, the musician and singer can be found on both
sides of the state line on most nights, and is just as likely to
be performing classical works as jazzy standards."
-
Charles Ferruzza
"Leawood native Candace Evans
shows her wide range in this pleasant, self-produced debut
album. She manages to inject blues in "Cry Me a River", country
in Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and the Beatles
in "Here, There and Everywhere" and still maintain a true jazz
sound. This classically trained pianist has been delighting
Kansas City crowds at local venues such as Jardine's and in the
Plaza Live Series for the past decade."
- Olivia
Wallace as quoted in the Kansas City Star
"It looks as if Candace Evans
has earned the title "The Hardest Working Woman in Showbiz". At
least in K. C.. She's simply everywhere in town. Where is she
playing this month? More like, where isn't she?"
-
Kansas City Magazine, October, 2000
"Interpretations is an
impressive showcase of Evans' skills, both as a pianist and a
vocalist. Evans balances her cabaret-style solo songs and her
upbeat, scat-filled Kansas City Jazz numbers."
-
Pitch Weekly, January, 2001
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