Jack Evans (musician)

Jack Evans (musician)

Jack Evans (born March 3, 1953, Anamosa, Iowa) is an American musician and songwriter.

Evans, a 1978 graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music Composition Degree, went on to form the award-winning band Reverend Zen. The New York band's first album was Angels, Blues, and the Crying Moon on Blakjak Music Records, Anamosa Songs ASCAP c2006. He's won seventy songwriting and performance awards with Reverend Zen around the world including:

• 2011/12 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C.
• 2010/11 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C.
• 2010 Semi Finalist UK Song Contest - London, UK
• 2009/10 Artist of the Year Nomination & 2009/10 Song of the Year Nomination with 9 Finalist Awards ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards, Costa del Sol Spain / N.Y.C.
• 2009/10 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C.
• 2009 Semi Finalist UK Song Contest - London, UK
• 2009 Semi Finalist Australia Song Contest - Sydney, Australia
• 2008/09 Artist of the Year Nomination and 7 Finalist Awards ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards - Costa del Sol, Spain / N.Y.C.
• 2008/09 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C., 2 Finalist Awards
• 2008/09 Unisong International Song Contest - Los Angeles
• 2008 Best Song Nomination Los Angeles Music Awards - Los Angeles
• 2008 Best Song Nomination Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards - Toronto, Canada
• 2008 Finalist with 3 Semi Finalist Awards France's 100% Song Contest - Arville / Paris, France, 3 Semi Finalist Awards
• 2008 UK Song Contest - London, UK
• 2008 Semi Finalist Award Australia Song Contest - Sydney, Australia
• 2008 Golden Wave Artist of the Year Award - The Colorado Wave - Indie Music Wave shows I Radio LA - Denver/Los Angeles
• 2007/08 Song of the Year & 2007/08 Artist of the Year Nominee with 5 Finalist Awards ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards - Costa del Sol, Spain / N.Y.C.
• 2007/08 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C.
• 2007 Artist of the Year with 4 Best Song Nominations Los Angeles Music Awards
• 2007 Artist of the Year WCH Radio - St. Louis, 2 Finalist Awards
• 2007/08 Unisong International Song Contest - L.A.
• 2006 Bronze Artist Award RGW Radio - Norfolk, U.K.
• 2006 Finalist VH1 Song of the Year Contest with 5 Runner Up Awards - Houston/N.Y.C.

He has also won multiple awards from the Billboard World Song Contest - N.Y.C., the Mid Atlantic Song Contest - Washington, DC and the Singer/Songwriter Awards in London, U.K.