Adriana Evans is tagged as: soul, female vocalists, rnb, neo-soul, jazz
Adriana Evans is truly a one of a kind artist, the likes of which have not been seen since Natalie Cole and Chaka Khan. She is the daughter of jazz recording artist Mary Stallings, who sang with Count Basie, Dizzie Gillespie and Cal Tjader. Adriana was raised in the Haight Ashbury and Mission District of San Francisco. Exposed early in life to the sounds of jazz, and blues by her mother and also the explosive sounds of Afro Cuban music from her father’s culture , she was destined to be a musical sponge. Her love for soul, rock and hip hop added more to her rich musical tapestry.| |When she was a freshman in college she befriended the aspiring rapper Dred Scott. This chance encounter led her to a collaboration on his 1994 A&M records release “Breaking Combs”. Just one year later she and Dred wrote and recorded her debut self titled album on Capitol. A political shake up at Capitol landed Adriana and the record on RCA/Loud Records. The album was thought to be somewhat revolutionary. It was the first so called “Neo Soul record” at the time. The use of live instrumentation combined with the classic sound of Adriana’s vocals took a lot of people off guard. When you think about the musical landscape in 1995, you understand that this album was ext...
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