Being & Becoming
Ars Memoria
2023 - More is More Records: MIM 231
https://www.peterevanstrumpet.com/music
https://peterevansmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ars-memoria

* Peter Evans          : trumpet, piccolo trumpet
* Joel Ross            : vibraphone, percussion
* Nick Jozwiak         : bass
* Michael Shekwoaga Ode: drums

https://www.peterevanstrumpet.com/
https://www.iplayvibes.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nick-jozwiak-mn0003445028
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-ode-mn0003727214
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shekwoaga-ode-mn0004139096

Tracks 1-4 recorded by Jason LaFarge at Seizure’s Palace,
Brooklyn, New York, USA, on May 2 & 3, 2022.

Track 5 recorded by Kengchakaj Kengkarnka at the Jazz Gallery,
New York City, New York, USA, on April 22, 2023.

Reviews
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By Stephen Graham
https://www.marlbank.net/

With sprawling, often super long explorations all part of the action, the main
drama of the record is in the interplay between high wire trumpeter Peter Evans
and the Boswell to his Dr Johnson vibist Joel Ross. Wrapped by a rumble of bass
from Nick Jozwiak and always-on drumming from Michael Shekwoaga Ode, Ars
Memoria with its thoughtful and often airy feeling doesn't easily belong to any
category. Recorded in New York in 2022 and 23 with the title track a live
glimpse of the band, you get an easy sense of an experimental mindset at play
which has crucially reached some sort of solution in exploring the challenging
musical directions the band members are seeking together. Certainly you gain a
sense of resolution in each piece whether on the edgily ambient 'Salah' or
plangent 'Opus 5'. Evans once again displays what a world class player he is.

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By Stef Gijssels
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/06/peter-evans-being-becoming-ars-memoria.html

By Peter Margasak
https://petermargasak.substack.com/p/sometimes-it-snows-in-april

Da Sandro Cerini (it)
https://www.musicajazz.it/recensione-peter-evans-being-becoming-ars-memoria/