Canadian Jazz Resumé - An Overview
2010
- Ship: Queen Mary 2, Ballroom Entertainer, (3 months with a 7-piece band)
- Ship: MS Maasdam, Lounge Entertainer, (3 months with a trio)
- Club: The Old Mill Inn, The Home Smith Bar (with Nancy Walker & Pat Collins)
- Club: Aquila (with the Anthony Terpstra Seventet, 2 nights)
2009
- Ship: MS Ryndam, Lounge Entertainer, (5 months with a trio)
- Hotel Lounge: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, (with Chris Siegeron, 3 nights)
- Club: The Old Mill Inn, The Home Smith Bar (with Nancy Walker)
- Club: Statlers, Toronto (4 returns)
- Club: Dominion on Queen, Toronto
- Event: With the Brian Barlow Group, Toronto
- Concert: Toronto Jazz festival: Cabaret Series (with Maureen Kennedy)
2008
- Club: Laurie Beechman Theater, NYC; "Happy Madness" and "Glad To Be Unhappy"
- Club: Statlers, Toronto; "Happy Madness" and "Glad To Be Unhappy" (2 returns)
- Club: Chalker's Pub, Toronto
- Club: Opal Jazz Lounge, Toronto (3-night run with return)
- Club: Dominion on Queen, Toronto (4 returns0
- Club: Slacks, Toronto (semi-regular appearances)
- Club: Café Paradiso, Ottawa
- Corporate: Corby's Royal Crown Launch Event, Toronto
- Event: Jazz On The Ridge; Peninsula Ridge Winery, Beamsville, ON
- Media: Heather Bambrick's Christmas Kitchen Concert, JazzFM, Toronto
- Media: Newscaster, ProudFM 103.9, Toronto
2007
- Club: Metropolitan Room, NYC; “Night Songs For City Dwellers”
with Mary Foster Conklin and John Di Martino (3-night run)
- Club: Opal Jazz Lounge, Toronto (3-night run with 2 returns)
- Club: Live@Courthouse, Toronto (2-night run with Mary Foster Conklin)
- Club: The Cellar, Vancouver (Headline engagement)
- Club: Trane Studio, Toronto
- Club: Slack’s, Toronto (monthly returns)
- Club: Café Paraqdiso, Ottawa
- Club: Diese-Onze, Montréal
- Club: Kaizen, Montréal (with Greg Clayton)
- Club: Modavie, Montréal (with Greg Clayton)
- Media: Jingle and Voiceover for Origin Evergreen
- Media: Heather Bambrick's Christmas Kitchen Concert, JazzFM, Toronto
- CD: "The Ballad Collection" (Digital-only release)
- CD: "Live at the Cellar" George Evans - in production (Seventh solo album)
- Tour: Vancouver Spring 2007
- Tour: Asia - Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo
- Concert: Lost April – songs of love and spring, Ironworks Studio, Vancouver
with Karin Plato, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Jennifer Scott, Steve Maddock, & Carman J. Price
2006
- Club: Danny’s Skylight Room, NYC (3-night run with return)
- Club: Opal Jazz Lounge, Toronto (3-night run with one return)
- Club: Horseshoe Resort, Barrie, ON (Special Jazz Weekend)
- Club: The Cellar, Vancouver (2-night engagement and live recording)
- Club: Trane Studio, Toronto (Several returns)
- Club: Statlers, Toronto (regular appearances)
- Club: The Red Guitar, Toronto, (with Nancy Walker)
- Club: Café Paraqdiso, Ottawa (2 returns)
- Club: Manhattan’s, Guelph (Special engagement)
- Club: 40 Westt, Montréal (2 returns)
- Media: The Joey Reynolds Show (US Internationally syndicated radio program)
- Media: Jingle for Tim Horton’s flavoured coffee campaign
- Media: Heather Bambrick's Christmas Kitchen Concert, JazzFM, Toronto
- CD: "Bewitched" George Evans (Sixth solo album)
- Festival: Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival: jazz cabaret series (ticketed event)
- Festival: Beaches Festival, Party Gras (vocal stage)
2005
- Club: Top o’ the Senator: George Evans & the Movie Songs quartet (full week)
- Club: Montréal Bistro: George Evans and his quartet (split week)
- Club: O'Doul's, Vancouver (3-night run with the Tilden Webb Trio)
- Club: The Cellar, Vancouver (Special appearance as headliner)
- Club: Café Paradiso, Ottawa (3 returns)
- Club: Orleans, Newmarket (2 returns)
- Club: Statlers, Toronto (regular appearances)
- Media: CoolTV concert with The Three Crooners
- Media: XM/CSR Program in production (as Host)
- Media: JazzReview.com reviews and commentary
- CD: "Alex Pangman - Live in Montréal," Notes
- Concert: Donway Covenant with the Mark Eisenman Trio
2004
- Concert: JAZZ.FM91 Sound Of Toronto Jazz ™ Series
- Concert: CBC Jazz Vocal Showcase at the Glenn Gould
- Concert: Brantford, ON, Sanderson Centre
- Club: The Cellar, Vancouver
- Club: Top o’ the Senator: George Evans and his quartet
- Club: Top o’ the Senator: “The 3 Crooners:” Alcorn, Evans and Labelle
- Club: Upstairs, Montréal: George Evans and his trio
- Media: Third Session for "Jazz Beat" on CBC
- Media: Profiled on TVO Studio 2 with The Three Crooners
- Media: Writing regularly for Planet Jazz Magazine
- Media: Script writing and research for the National Jazz Awards, Toronto
- CD: "Movie Songs" George Evans (Fifth solo album) M-Swing / Maximum Jazz / Universal Music Canada
- CD: "Here come the boys: A Canadian Crooner Collection” M-Swing / Maximum Jazz / Universal Music Canada, Producer
- CD: George Evans with Alleyne, Schwager, Swainson, and Walker (in pre-production)
- CD: "Standards Sessions vol 2" Rita di Ghent, Selection and Sequencing, Notes
- Theatre: "Where the boys are," Buddies In Bad Times, Toronto, ON
- Distillery Jazz Festival: The 3 Crooners
- Montréal International Jazz Festival: Main Stage with The 3 Crooners
2003
- National Jazz Awards Nomination, Vocalist of the Year
- Media: Profiled on TVO Studio 2 with Eisenman, Schwager, Swainson, and Haynes
- All-Canadian Jazz Festival, Port Hope, ON (opening for Renee Rosnes)
- Club: Top o’ the Senator dates
- Club: Montréal Bistro debut, Toronto, ON
- Club: “Salon Bleu Jazz,” O Patro Vys, Montréal
- Concert at Royal Conservatory of Music
- Concert at Sanderson Centre, Brantford, ON
- Concert: Toronto Pride Festivities
- Concert: Rhythms’ For Life, Capitol Theatre, Toronto
- Concert: The 3 Crooners in Montréal, La Sala Rossa, with John Alcorn and John Labelle, Oct and Nov.
2002
- Release of fourth CD “Eyes For You”
- Vancouver Jazz Festival, O’Doul’s
- All-Canadian Jazz Festival, Port Hope, ON (solo jazz vocal concert)
- Club: Top o’ the Senator dates
- Club: Sax On Yonge dates
- Club: Rex Hotel debut Toronto
- Club: Ritz Hotel Montréal
- Concert at Maison Marie-Uguay, Montréal
- Concert at Maison Mercier, Montréal
- Concert at Maison Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montréal
- CD: "The Diva Series," Verve Records, (7 CDs) Selection and Sequencing
2001
- Release of third CD “From Moment To Moment”
- Club: Top o’ the Senator with Pat LaBarbera, Don Thompson, et al
- Club: The Leopard Lounge dates
- Club: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montréal
- CD: "Standards Sessions vol 1" Rita di Ghent, Selection and Sequencing, Notes
- Planet Jazz Magazine - initiated the ongoing vocal column "Vocalizing in Jazz"
2000
- Relocation to Toronto
- Profiled on Studio 2, TVO with Ed Bickert, Guido Basso, et al
- Club: Top o’ the Senator dates
- Club: Clarendon Hotel, Quebec City
- "Talkin' Verve," Buddy Greco, Verve Records, Selection and Sequencing
1999
- Release of second CD, “I’m All Smiles”
- Club: Toronto debut at the Top o’ the Senator
- Montréal International Jazz Festival, “Les Voix Air Transat”
- Concert at DuMaurier Centre, Hamilton, ON
- Concert at Maison Marie-Uguay, Montréal
- Concert at Maison N.D.G., Montréal
- Concert at Stewart Hall, Pte-Claire
- Concert at Maison Maisonneuve, Montréal
- Relocation to Toronto, end of year.
1998
- Second studio session for "Jazz Beat" on CBC
- Lake George Jazz Festival, Lake George NY
- Club: Solo club dates in Montréal, NYC, and Ottawa
1997
- Release of “Moodswing,” Distributed nationally by Fusion III
- The Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention, Town Hall, NYC
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC, Montréal, and Ottawa
- "Jazz Singing," Verve Records, (Box Set) Research
- Theatre: Jeanne La Pucelle, Places des Arts, Montréal, QC
1996
- Performance on CBC 60th Birthday Concert Live from Lion D’Or with Ranée Lee, Oliver Jones, Phil Nimmons and other Canadian stars
- First session for "Jazz Beat" on CBC
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC and Montréal
- Sessions for debut CD “Moodswing”
1995
- Concert at Maison N.D.G., Montréal
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
- Club: Montréal jazz club dates
1994
- CBC Radio pilot program: “Jazz Singing”
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
- Club: Montréal jazz club dates
1993
- Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
- Club: Montréal jazz club dates
1992
- Debut on Montréal Radio
- Appearance in Mac Awards nominated review, “My Ideal” in NYC
- Club: Montréal jazz club dates
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
1991
- Arrival in Montréal, as a dual-citizen of Canada and the US
- Club: Montréal jazz club debut, Biddle’s
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
- Fellowship at Eugene O’Neill Cabaret Symposium, Waterford CT
1990
- Club: Solo club dates in NYC at Eighty Eight’s
- In residence in New York City, an American citizen
- Acquired Canadian citizenship through the Consulate in NY. Though born in the US, I was the child of a Canadian citizen (and resident of Quebec) and therefore eligible to be granted citizenship status without a wait or hassle. I promptly planned my relocation.
1980’s
- Club: New York Cabaret debut (1989)
- Japanese Musical Production, “Sessue,” Tokyo, Japan (1988)
- Member of Actor’s Equity (1985)
- University: (1981-1986) Degree in Musical Theatre program at College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School: (1977-1981) Graduate of the School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio
George Evans has been profiled in: The Toronto Star, The National Post, The Montreal Mirror, The Mississauga News, CBC Radio, TVO, Global Television, Bravo, City TV, and so on.