# Sticks Evans

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{{short description|American drummer}}

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| birth_date      = February 5, 1923
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| death_date      = {{death date and age|April 11, 1994|February 5, 1923}}
| death_place     = New York City
| genre           = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [blues](/source/blues)
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| instrument      = Drums
| years_active    = 1948–1994
| label           = [Prestige](/source/Prestige_Records)
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'''Samuel "Sticks" Evans''' (February 5, 1923 – April 11, 1994) was an American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, arranger and musical director.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NEUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=sticks+evans&pg=PA22 “From the Music Capitals of the World” 20 March 1971] ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))''. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> He was credited variously as Sammy "Stick" Evans, Samie Evans, Sammy Evans, Sammie Evans, Stick Evans, Sticks Evans, and Belton Evans.

==Biography==
In 1950, he recorded with the [Milt Buckner](/source/Milt_Buckner) Orchestra backing [Wynonie Harris](/source/Wynonie_Harris), and in 1952-3 he was playing and recording with Milt Buckner's Organ Trio. He left the trio in February 1953,<ref>[http://www.jazzdocumentation.ch/buckner/discography/buckner1.html Büttner, Armin (2011) ''The Recorded Works of Milt Buckner: Part I: 1941 – 1963''] Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> and in 1954 he was with the [Teddy Wilson](/source/Teddy_Wilson) Trio with [Milt Hinton](/source/Milt_Hinton).<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/teddy-wilson/discography/ Teddy Wilson Discography] Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref>

In the early 1960s, he was recording on the [Prestige](/source/Prestige_Records) label, credited as Belton Evans, and accompanied on bass by [Leonard Gaskin](/source/Leonard_Gaskin), for blues artists such as [Curtis Jones](/source/Curtis_Jones_(pianist)), [Sunnyland Slim](/source/Sunnyland_Slim),<ref>[http://blueslim.m78.com/discography.html#Anchor75540 Blues Discography] Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> [Sonny Terry](/source/Sonny_Terry),<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-terry/discography/ Sonny Terry Discography] Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> [Big John Greer](/source/Big_John_Greer), [LaVern Baker](/source/LaVern_Baker),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LJdHAAAAMAAJ&q=sticks+evans Mike Leadbitter, Neil Slaven (1987) ''Blues records, 1943–1970: a selective discography''. Record Information Services] at Google Books. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> and [King Curtis](/source/King_Curtis).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JTE5AQAAIAAJ&q=sammie+evans+drums Simonds, R. (1983) ''King Curtis, a discography''] at Google Books. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref>

He appears on [John Lewis](/source/John_Lewis_(pianist))’ ''[Jazz Abstractions](/source/Jazz_Abstractions)'' album (1961), with [Bill Evans](/source/Bill_Evans), [Eric Dolphy](/source/Eric_Dolphy), [Ornette Coleman](/source/Ornette_Coleman) and [Jim Hall](/source/Jim_Hall_(musician)), among others.<ref>[Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) and [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)) (2010) [https://books.google.com/books?id=K7svgLNMxjgC&dq=sticks+evans&pg=PT569  ''The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums''] at Google Books. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> That same year he was a member of the [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant) Combo backing [Aretha Franklin](/source/Aretha_Franklin) on her second album, ''[Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo](/source/Aretha%3A_With_The_Ray_Bryant_Combo)''.

His pupils included [Bernard Purdie](/source/Bernard_Purdie),<ref>[Chadbourne, Eugene](/source/Eugene_Chadbourne). [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/samuel-smith-mn0001207694 Biography at allmusic] [allmusic](/source/allmusic). Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> [Max Neuhaus](/source/Max_Neuhaus),<ref>[http://www.max-neuhaus.info/ Biography] Max Neuhaus's official website. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> and [Terry Burrus](/source/Terry_Burrus).<ref>[http://www.praguepost.com/galleries/6683-commissioning-innovation.html "Commissioning innovation"] ''[The Prague Post](/source/The_Prague_Post)''. Retrieved 1 April 2013.</ref> Evans died of a [stroke](/source/stroke), in New York City, in 1994.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&pg=PA162|title=Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door|first=Nick|last=Talevski|date=7 April 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857121172|accessdate=14 May 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Discography==
*1959: ''The Wildest Guitar'' – [Mickey Baker](/source/Mickey_Baker)
*1959: ''[Rock with Sedaka](/source/Rock_with_Sedaka)'' – [Neil Sedaka](/source/Neil_Sedaka)
*1960: ''Slim's Shout'' – [Sunnyland Slim](/source/Sunnyland_Slim)
*1960: ''[Buck Jumpin'](/source/Buck_Jumpin')'', ''[The Al Casey Quartet](/source/The_Al_Casey_Quartet)'' – [Al Casey](/source/Al_Casey_(jazz_guitarist))
*1960: ''[Sonny's Story](/source/Sonny's_Story)'' – [Sonny Terry](/source/Sonny_Terry) 
*1960: ''[Slim's Shout](/source/Slim's_Shout)'' – [Sunnyland Slim](/source/Sunnyland_Slim)
*1960: ''[The Honeydripper](/source/The_Honeydripper_(Roosevelt_Sykes_album))'' – [Roosevelt Sykes](/source/Roosevelt_Sykes)
*1960: ''[Sonny Is King](/source/Sonny_Is_King)'' – Sonny Terry 
*1960: ''[Lightnin'](/source/Lightnin'_(album))'' – [Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins)
*1960: ''[Trouble Blues](/source/Trouble_Blues_(album))'' – [Curtis Jones](/source/Curtis_Jones_(pianist))
*1960: ''Pre Bird'' (later re-released as ''[Mingus Revisited](/source/Mingus_Revisited)'') – [Charles Mingus](/source/Charles_Mingus)
*1961: ''[Beauty is a Rare Thing](/source/Beauty_Is_a_Rare_Thing)'' – [Ornette Coleman](/source/Ornette_Coleman) 
*1961: ''[Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo](/source/Aretha_(1961_album))'' – [Aretha Franklin](/source/Aretha_Franklin)
*1964: ''[Sam Cooke at the Copa](/source/Sam_Cooke_at_the_Copa)'' – [Sam Cooke](/source/Sam_Cooke)
*1964: ''[Ya! Ya!](/source/Ya!_Ya!_(1964_album))'' – [Budd Johnson](/source/Budd_Johnson)
*1971: ''Gospel Now'' – [Marion Williams](/source/Marion_Williams)

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