Yve Evans Is A Musical Treasure

Yve Evans

Yve Evans

                                                                 

Brad Bobo

                                   

Larry Washington

Larry Washington

Brad Bobo

Yve Evans is one of the greatest performers to ever grace a stage. She sings like an Angel, plays keyboard like Ray Charles and has wit and comedic skills to match any star. Yve can sing along side Ella and Sarah and never look back. Combine all these talents with the fact that Yve is a truly kind and caring individual and you have the total package.

 We are so fortunate to be able to have Yve performing here in the Valley. Her mellow and rich voice moves through several octaves with seemingly no effort. Yve Evans is as good a singer as any major singer of the last century in my opinion. She is a musical treasure! 

At tonight's performance at Woody's in Palm Springs, Yve was joined by two musicians she has been playing with for over 25 years. Brad Bobo was playing an electric 6 string Bass and Larry Washington was playing Drums. The vibe between these three were sweet. After all the years of working together, Larry and Brad were able to follow every move and change Yve would take, and she never travels musically in a straight line. These two musicians are masters of their respective instruments. Putting them all together at Woody's put magic into the room. 

                    

Yve Evans, Music As Good As It Gets!

Yve Evans

Bill Saitta & Yve Evans

Jeff Olsen, Bill Saitta, Yve Evans

Jeff Olsen

    

I traveled back to Woody's again to hear Yve Evans, a performer that many of my musician friends have been raving about over the past few weeks. I found out that Yve has been singing in the Desert for many years, but I never had the chance to hear her.  Tonight I heard Yve sing and play keyboard and in just a few minutes of listening to her I fell in love with her.  It is hard to describe the multi-talented  brilliance of her singing and to my surprise, her ability on the keyboard was just as great as her singing.  And if this wasn't enough, it turns out that Yve also has a very funny sense of humor that she sprinkles into her performance.  Yve has a heavenly soft voice that reminds me of Ella and Betty Carter all rolled into one.  Yve has the ability to understand lyrics and use them to tell her audience an unbelievably emotionally-filled story.  What a talent!  It took me a long time to "discover" Yve but there is no chance I will miss any future opportunity to hear her again when she comes back into town.

Backing Yve tonight were two extremely talented Desert players, Bill Saitta on upright bass and Jeff Olsen on drums. Bill showed his creative ability on the upright bass giving us some of the best bass improvisations I've heard and Jeff supplied some of the softest drummer hands that blended into Bill's bass and Yve's lush sounds.

I understand that Yve will back at Woody's in a couple of weeks.  I will try to keep you posted as to her next appearance.  Don't miss the next chance to see and hear Yve. She is worth making the extra effort to see!