DATE	Saturday 18 February 2012
TIME	8.30 - 11pm
VENUE	The Sound Lounge
TICKETS	$20 / $15 / $10 (Non-Member, Member, Student) book online * Tickets on sale 9351 7940 from 9 January 2012

“Evans and her brilliant ensemble tell a story that is surely best experienced as a whole, with no distractions”. 
The Herald Sun 

Inspirational Sydney saxophonist Sandy Evans returns to The Sound Lounge with her all-star band paying tribute to her musician husband Tony Gorman’s diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Evans has composed a suite of works dedicated to Gorman and expanded her long-term trio (bassist Brett Hirst and drummer Toby Hall) to sextet size, adding sophisticated colour to her extraordinary 13-part suite. Taking the rainbow as a symbol of finding hope in suffering, Evans has created a musical journey that evokes life’s myriad hues and states of mind.

Evans says “The starting point for my creative expression in this work is the breathtaking spectrum of colour that often fills the sky after a storm… a symbol of the profound sense of hope that can occur after a time of intense grief.”

“These outstanding works embody sadness and hope in a landmark album, adding to Evans's remarkable repertoire”.
John McBeath, The Australian

A mainstay of Australian jazz, leading and co-leading various innovative ensembles over the years such as Clarion Fracture Zone and a member of many more, including Ten Part Invention, The catholics, modern jazz-world folk music combo Mara! and her quintet exploring Indian music and jazz with singer Sarangan and tabla master Bobby Singh.

Evans has won numerous awards most recently, and notably, a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Australian contemporary jazz as a composer and a musician: a rare honour for a jazz musician. In addition to her many bands and projects, she is currently completing an ABC-commissioned work called Testimony, a tribute to saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. A recording of the complete work is to be issued in the US next year.

“Sandy Evans ‘When the Sky Cries Rainbows’, a 60 minute 13-part jazz suite, may be the most personal work of her wide-ranging and adventurous musical life… this music rings true and deep. Although the theme here is hope, there are many moments of desolate despair and introspection. Sandy Evans’ writing throughout is dazzling, not only technically but more importantly, emotionally – however dense and dissonant, the music takes you where she wants it to. By the time we get to the final two pieces, ‘Hand in Hand’ – a sweet calypso – and the closer, ‘With The Sun Behind Me’ we are tapping our feet and feeling the life tingle through our fingers and toes. The work finishes on such a high note, with such an affirmation of energy, that you know the sad, bad, life-suckers have been pushed back – and with music of this energy and depth they can be kept – we hope – just a little longer at bay. "
John Hardaker, The Australian.

Sandy Evans (tenor/soprano saxophone) Phil Slater (trumpet) James Greening (trombone) Alister Spence (piano) Brett Hirst (bass) Toby Hall (drums)

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