Falkner Evans is a New York pianist and composer known for an understated, methodical touch and for his longstanding trio with bassist Belden Bullock and drummer Matt Wilson. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 1960s rock and R&B and came to jazz in high school, then spent four years touring with the western swing band Asleep at the Wheel before settling in New York in 1985. His first album as a leader, Level Playing Field, arrived in 2001, followed by the trio records Climbing the Gates in 2006 and Arc. He widened the frame with the quintet album The Point of the Moon in 2011, and made his first solo piano record, Invisible Words, in 2021. Through the Lens followed in 2023.
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