Sue Evans has provided percussive support for jazz and pop groups, as well as instrumentalists and vocalists. She's played conventional trap drums and various percussion instruments.
Evans studied with Warren Smith and
Sonny Igoe, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art in 1969. She toured Europe and America as a drummer with
Judy Collins from the late '60s until the mid-'70s, while also touring and recording with
Gil Evans as a percussionist from 1969 until 1982. During the '70s,
Evans worked with
Steve Kuhn and
the Jazz Composer's Orchestra under
Roswell Rudd, while she played with
Michael Franks,
Suzanne Vega and
Tony Bennett in the '80s. She's recorded with Bobby Jones,
George Benson,
Urbie Green and
Art Farmer in the '70s, and
Morgana King in the '80s.
Evans has no sessions as a leader, but can be heard on many CDs featuring
Gil Evans,
Benson, Green,
Farmer and
King among others. ~ Ron Wynn