Evan Palmer is a bassist, composer and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. They are an improvising musician with a focus on sound, group synergy, experimentation, and visceral expression. Through free improvisation, composition, and their years of work as a bassist in various ensembles, they are developing a personal sound and a growing body of work.

Palmer is a consistent feature of the improvised music and jazz communities of New York City and the Northeast US. They have performed at a variety of venues across the United States, including the Arts for Art InGardens Festival and the New York Forward Festival. They also have a growing discography, releasing their debut album Processes in 2024. Their collaborators include Tony Malaby, Francisco Mela, Weasel Walter, Sandy Ewen, Kevin Shea, Ken Filiano, Hilliard Greene, Steve Swell, Lesley Mok, Phillip Greenlief, Greg Kelley, Billy Mintz and Stephen Gauci. 

 

Palmer is a 2022 graduate of Berklee College of Music, where they studied Performance with John Lockwood, Bob Gullotti and Billy Kilson. They have also worked as a music educator for years, teaching private lessons as well as classes in improvisation and jazz studies.

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Evan Palmer has performed and/or recorded with:

Hidemi Akaiwa, Vijay Anderson, Dave Ballou, Grant Beale, Hans Young Binter, Ilya Blazh, TJ Borden, Kelly Bray, Patrick Breiner, patrick brennan, Christian Cail, Noah Campbell, Brendan Carniaux, Nathan Chamberlain, Leo Chang, Rodney Chapman, Jarred Chase, Kevin Cheli, Sam Childs, Anthony Coleman, Matt Crane, John Dalton, Ebba Dankel, On Ka'a Davis, Seth Andrew Davis, Tony Davis, Claire deBrunner, Dylan Delgiudice, Divine Pivot, Phillip Dornbusch, Andrew Drury, Caleb Duval, Ryan Easter, Michael Eaton, Ryan Ebaugh, Marc Edwards, Ipek Eginli, Jon Elbaz, Ellwood Epps, Sandy Ewen, Morgan Faw, Paul Flaherty, Anna Fortuna, Ken Filiano, Nick Fraser, Haruna Fukazawa, Stephen Gauci, Kaelen Ghandhi, Nick Gianni, Orlando Gilbert, Patrick Golden, Max Goldman, Forbes Graham, Lou Grassi, Devin Gray, The Great Link, Hilliard Greene, Phillip Greenlief, Phil Grenadier, Kris Gruda, Francesca H, Mwanzi Harriott, Jerome Harris, Thomas Heberer, Diego Hedez, Hazel Ho, Eric Hofbauer, Patrick Holmes, Jason Kao Hwang, Dmitri Ishenko, Ayumi Ishito, Yoron Israel, Colson Jimenez, Phoebe Johnson, Westbrook Johnson, Beth Ann Jones, Takuma Kanaiwa, Ayako Kanda, Greg Kelley, Matt Knoegel, Ken Kobayashi, Michael Larocca, Teté Leguía, Shinya Lin, Charlie Lincoln, Avery Logan, Frank London, Tony Malaby, Lemuel Marc, Noah Mark, Nate McBride, James McKain, Alida McKeon, Tatiana Castro Mejía, Francisco Mela, Henry Mermer, Jeff Miles, Billy Mintz, Simon Mogul, Lesley Mok, Chase Morrin, Ras Moshe, Nat Mugavero, Kevin Murray, James Paul Nadien, Nick Neuburg, Karen Ng, Steve Niemitz, Dan O'Brien, Lee Odom, Shu Odumura, Caleb Ossmann, Daniel Paik, Dan Pappas, Jacob Patrone, Anthony Pearlman, Jeff Pearring, Gían Pérez, Rudy Petschauer, The Plows, Jude Poorten, Jared Radichel, Jesse Rangel, Fall Raye, Jonathan Reisin, Shota Renwick, Jim Robitaille, Nic Rose, Luke Rovinsky, RPK, Paul Sakai, Sabrina Salamone, Rocío Sánchez, Phillip Santos, Bob Savine, Sara Schoenbeck, Kevin Shea, Josh Sinton, Slipstream Time Travel, Joel Larue Smith, Tor Snyder, Spatial Decay, Louis Stringer, Tom Swafford, Steve Swell, Andre Sudol, Michael TA Thompson, Yutaka Takahashi, Erik van Dam, Robert Vega, Pritesh Walia, Eli Wallace, Weasel Walter, Katie Webster, Drew Wesely, Dan Wick, Andrew Wilcox, Rod Williams, Griffin Woodard, Maliq Wynn, Megumi Yonezawa, and Stan Zenkov.