Gateways Inn presents
Vocalist SAMIRAH EVANS
Pianist-Composer ARMEN DONELIAN
Thursday, July 7th at 6PM
Pianist-Composer Armen Donelian will play with vocalist Samirah Evans on Thursday July 7th at 6pm at Gateways Inn in Lenox, MA.
On the pianist's recent album, Wave (Sunnyside), Armen Donelian has pared down his considerable technique in favor of a dramatic lyricism that, in pieces as old-hat as "All of Me" and as unlikely as "Our Day Will Come" and a couple of Beatles ballads, he sustains with controlled and expressive poetry.
- Gary Giddins, Village Voice (2001)
Evans' voice, lovely and versatile, is placed in context with the other instruments. It's a refreshing change, and it lends a kind of intimacy that pulls you toward the music.
- Jon Potter, Brattleboro Reformer (2006)