Peter Evans is a composer, trumpet player, improvisor and bandleader based in New York City since 2003. Evans is part of a broad, hybridized scene of musical experimentation, and his work cuts across a wide range of modern musical practices and traditions.

He leads and composes for several ensembles including Being & Becoming (with Joel Ross, Nick Jozwiak & Tyshawn Sorey) his trio Extra (with Petter Eldh and Jim Black), the collaborative trio Pulverize the Sound (with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride), as well as many other evolving configurations. His past groups such as the Zebulon trio and the Peter Evans Quintet toured the US and Europe extensively and recorded prolifically. Evans continues to work in a variety of new formations, exploring through-composed music, group improvisation, arranging, Early Music, Jazz standards and electronic music.

In addition to touring and presenting his groups internationally since 2007, Evans has been…