Ady Croasdell Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Last night the lovely and extremely talented 97 year old musician and record producer died. An expert saxophonist he played with Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton as well as being a regular in the house bands of the Apollo and Savoy. He toured with the first ever Motown Revues and recorded The Manhattans, Lovettes, Lee Williams and the Cymbals, Pretenders, Norma Jenkins and many others. He was incredibly kind, friendly and funny and very appreciative of his European admirers 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jez Bishop Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Sad news. Thanks to Joe we were lucky to hear so many top tunes from Carnival Records 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kev Cane Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) Bad news, but for once, someone has died at a decent age, R.I.P Joe. The Carnival sound is a distinctive iconic sound coveted by many collectors, I have around 30 on the label and love every single one of them, how many labels can you say that about, that oh so soulful deep sounding sax evident in many of the recordings always accompanied by great soulful vocals. A Joe Evans production, nuff said Kev Edited January 18, 2014 by kev cane Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 You did a great job with those Kent / Carnival CD's Ady. No wonder Joe appreciated us Europeans (mainly thanks to you I'd say). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Heikki Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 R.I.P. Joe Evans Here's what he shortly told about his career a couple of years ago (please scroll down a bit): https://www.soulexpress.net/manhattans_part1.htm Best regards Heikki Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gilly Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 So sad,just loved his productions and I remember Ady you telling me what a wonderful person he was 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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