# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orrin-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:26:19.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orrin-evans"
name: "Orrin Evans"
slug: "orrin-evans"
description: "Orrin Evans is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia. He attended Rutgers University, and then studied with Kenny Barron. He worked as a sideman for Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, and Lenora Zenzalai-Helm, and released his debut as a leader in 1994. He signed with Criss Cross Jazz in 1997, recording prolifically with the label. He was awarded a 2010 Pew Fellowships in the Arts."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orrin_Evans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.02034
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11505273/"
    handle:    "nm11505273"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.orrinevansmusic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/676848"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "أورين إيفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "اورين ايفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Evans"
    title: "Orrin Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Evans"
    title: "Orrin Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Evans"
    title: "Orrin Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Evans"
    title: "Orrin Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a0855b4-d090-4571-a2a6-1063bb4e58df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2031595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump