Evan Palmer is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. They are an improvising musician driven by a fascination with sound, group synergy, and visceral forms of expression. Drawing on their influences from Black American improvised music, European classical music, folk traditions, and metal, they have crafted a personal, physical and unrelenting style using both traditional and extended techniques, primarily on the double bass.

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Palmer is an active presence in the improvised music communities of the Northeast US and beyond. They can be heard in the diverse contexts of solo bass concerts, free jazz ensembles, bass quartets, and grindcore shows. Their collaborators include Tony Malaby, Francisco Mela, Weasel Walter, Hilliard Greene, Ken Filiano, Marc Edwards, Steve Swell, and Stephen Gauci. They've brought their music to the Arts for Art InGardens Festival and many other venues and concert series, along with producing concerts of their own. 

 

Palmer is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, where they studied with John Lockwood and Bob Gullotti. They are a dedicated educator themselves, having taught numerous improvisation and jazz workshops and masterclasses for all ages. Palmer also has a growing discography as both a leader and sideperson, releasing their debut as a leader in 2024 with Francisco Mela and Hidemi Akaiwa, Processes. 

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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, 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, 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, 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, Weasel Walter, Katie Webster, Dan Wick, Andrew Wilcox, Rod Williams, Griffin Woodard, Maliq Wynn, Megumi Yonezawa, and Stan Zenkov.