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Evander Music

Original Composition, Improvised Music & New Jazz

About Me


Evander Music (Em) was founded in 1995 by Phillip Greenlief in order to release the first Trio Putanesca CD "Who Ordered the Fish?"
photo by aurora josephson
Since then Em has released the bulk of Greenlief's recorded output, and has also opened the label up to like-minded individuals who want the freedom to release their recordings without succumbing to artistic demands from an outside party.
For the most part, Em functions as a cooperative - artists share their resources so that all releases have access to an ever-growing pool of CD distribution, quality CD production at low rates, published critical reviews, radio airplay and on-line sales.
At the time of writing there are 44 releases on Evander Music by a talented pool of musicians and composers, most of whom live and work on the west coast. Most of the releases have received radio airplay and critical acclaim from publications in the U.S. and abroad.
Em has also produced a series of concerts and festivals by Em artists and other world-class musicians from NYC, Berlin, Zurich, Paris, and many other cities. Keep your eyes on our calendar for concerts by exciting players from around the world, or sign our mailing list to receive email about upcoming events. Go to: http://www.evandermusic.com/calendar.asp for calendar listings.
Evander Music welcomes recorded submissions from artists and will be happy to send a copy of our agreement upon request for review and discussion.
Em cannot pay for recording, mastering or production costs, but it can help with the resources mentioned above.
To contact us, go to: http://www.evandermusic.com/mailing.html
PRESS QUOTES:
"For the last few years Greenlief and his Evander Music label have been at the forefront of defining a new generation of jazz musicians, artists who have truly and fully absorbed the full breadth of the last few decades of experimental and popular genres and are using all of that knowledge to invent the future of the music."
- SAM MICKENS, Portland Messenger.
"Evander Music is a label from California that moves between the vanguard and tradition, with a remarkable catalogue for the level of expression and for the number of discs produced."
- Altrisuoni, Naples, Italy
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/11/2006
Band Website: evandermusic.com
Band Members: THE MUSIC FEATURED ON OUR PLAYER REPRESENTS DIFFERENT EVANDER MUSIC RECORDING ARTISTS - THE PLAYLIST CHANGES EVERY MONDAY
EVANDER MUSIC RECORDING ARTISTS:
trio putanesca (phillip greenlief, adam levy, dan seamans)

phillip greenlief - trevor dunn

ashley adams trio (ashley adams, phillip greenlief, michel dumonceau)

alex candelaria trio (alex candelaria, jon evans, elliot humberto kavee)

jettison slinky (graham connah, candelaria, trevor dunn, kenny wollesen, smith dobson jr., nancy clarke, jewlia eisenberg, noel jewkes, rob sudduth, ben goldberg, lee alexander, marty wehner)

the lost trio (phillip greenlief, dan seamans, tom hassett)

phillip greenlief & covered pages (greenlief, vinny golia, nels cline, g.e. stinson)

good for cows (devin hoff, ches smith)

todd sickafoose group (sickafoose, peter epstein, alan ferber, justin morell, mark ferber)

susan chen trio (chen, mark kennedy, tom hassett)

miss henry (ann dryg, candelaria, michael blustein, sickafoose, scott amendola)

sour note seven (same personell as jettison slinky, but add scott amendola, dan seamans, steve adams, paul hanson, ches smith, devin hoff)

lost trio with guest adam levy (same as above with guest levy)

j steinkoler quartet (jeremy steinkoler, jim peterson, scott foster, devin hoff)

boxes of water (cory wright, noah phillips, aaron cohen, harris eisenstadt)

bill horvitz band (horvitz, steve adams, joe sabella)

reel change (david michalak, adam hurst, joe sabella, andrew voigt, phillip greenlief, george cremaschi, tom nunn)

michael gold quartet (gold, paul mindrup, matt montgomery, sean nelson)

mo'fone (jeremy steinkoler, jim peterson, larry de la cruz)

zen widow (gianni gebbia, matthew goodheart, garth powell)

phillip greenlief solo

shaun naidoo (shaun naidoo, robin lorentz, sean heim, scot ray, marty walker)

admiral ted brinkley (semi-ret.) & the verrugosso junior junior college grads of 1977 (ted brinkley, lou frankenheimer, a choir including: sonya hunter, ches smith, erik pearson, nancy clarke, john finkbeiner, alex candelaria, dan seamans, elaine difalco, miranda, jewlia eisenberg and beth custer; musicians, sleep cravers, bon-mot droppers and chronically distracted nightmare self-inflicters like sheldon brown, ches smith, marty wehner, mark bolin, jarrett rossini, aaron bennett, and aaron novik, tom griesser, devin hoff, cornelius boots, darren johnston, john ingle, ben goldberg)

kaolithic music (jon raskin, bob bassara, linda elvira piedra)

sarah wilson (sarah wilson, peck allmond, steve cardenas, jerome harris, kenny wollesen)

alex candelaria quartet (alex candelaria, leonard thompson, jon evans, bryan bowman)

cory combs trio (cory combs, dan willis, john hollenbeck)

the ni project (ross hammond, alex jenkins)

industrial jazz group (andrew durkin, phil rodriguez, kris tiner, shaunte palmer, damon zick, cory wright, jason mears, brian walsh, robert jacobson, aaron kohen, joe berardi)

kipple (aaron novic, lisa mezzacappa, ches smith, jason levis, mitch marcus, eric glick rieman, moe! staiano, graham connah)

damon zick (damon zick, tim albright, adam benjamin, evan conway, nate wood)

phillip greenlief - joelle leandre duo
phillip greenlief - andreas willers duo
edges - john english, jim kerwin, george marsh, jon raskin

v-neck (ross hammond, tom monson)

smith dobson v (smith dobson v, john finkbeiner, devon hoff, vijay anderson)

laurent medelgi

hanna rifkin

darren johnston's united brassworkers' front
quartet doloroso - (dave pietro, morris acevedo, jeremy stratton, anthony pinciott)
tin/bag (kris tiner, mike baggetta, harris eisenstadt, brian walsh)

Harry Whitney Trio (Harry Whitney, Cory Combs, Matt Aiken)

Influences: lots of influences, no doubt!
Sounds Like: Sorry, you'll just have to listen...
Record Label: Evander Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Phillip Greenlief Interviewed by James Bennington (for Cadence Magazine)

This interview was originally published in Cadence Magazine (Cover Story) - June 2007   JB: How did you become interested in music? PG: My grandfather gave me a record player when I was about 4 y...
Posted by Evander Music on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST

Shudder and Yellowcake to Launch U.S. Tour of Abandoned Drive-In Movie Theaters

this just in... Shudder and Yellowcake to Launch U.S. Tour of Abandoned Drive-In Movie Theaters by Tipper Tendon The electro-acoustic improvising ensembles, "shudder" and "yellowcake" will take off ne...
Posted by Evander Music on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:36:00 PST

phillip greenlief - bio

Biography: phillip greenlief (b. 1959, los angeles)(short bio listed at bottom of this page)"The Bay Area's do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put ...
Posted by Evander Music on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST

Evander Music Catalogue

Catalog #: EM 001Artist: Trio PutanescaTitle: Who Ordered the Fish?   Phillip Greenlief - Tenor SaxophoneAdam Levy - GuitarDan Seamans - BassSORRY, this disc is out of print!   Catal...
Posted by Evander Music on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:10:00 PST