Marbles

“The music—nine Falkner originals and an album-closing snippet of ‘Things Ain’t What They Used To Be’—is flush with ensemble interaction, and Evans and company do a brilliant job blending the intimacy of a piano trio with the dynamic flash and larger tonal palette made possible by the additional instrumentation…. Evans proves himself an expert orchestrator with a knack for voicing three-part harmony and combining brass and woodwind timbres in unexpected, yet extremely effective, ways.”
— Ed Enright, DownBeat

THE BAND:

Falkner Evans – piano
Michael Blake – tenor and soprano saxophone
Ted Nash – alto saxophone, clarinet and flute
Ron Horton – trumpet and flugelhorn
Belden Bullock – bass
Matt Wilson – drums
Steve Nelson – vibes (tracks 5, 8 and 10)