- Reverend Zen
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Reverend Zen
Background = group_or_band
Associated_acts =Bruce Springsteen , Sting,Stevie Wonder ,Eric Clapton ,Annie Lennox ,Elvis Costello ,Shawn Colvin ,Donald Fagen ,John Scofield ,B.B. King ,David Sanborn ,Sheryl Crow
Current_members = Jack Evans, Rob Aries, Kjell Benner, Chris Carter, Margaret Dorn, Rudy Feinauer, James Gerard, Sheryll Marshall, Nick Moroch, Gil Parris, Kip Sophos, Vaneese Thomas, Soozie Tyrell, Chris Vitirillo, Wayne Warneck
Years_active =2006 -Present
Genre = Rock /R&B /Jazz /Blues
Origin = Katonah, New York,USA
URL = [http://www.reverendzenmusic.com/ Website]Reverend Zen is a New York rock/r&b/jazz group that debuted in 2006 with their album, "Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon". Blakjak Music Records / Anamosa Songs ASCAP.
The band was formed by Jack Evans, and he is the current
lead singer anddrummer ."Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon"
The album and Reverend Zen has won over forty awards including a 2008 Best Song Nomination
Los Angeles Music Awards, 2008 Finalist France's 100% Song Contest - Arville/Paris,France , 2008/2009 ASCAP Plus Award -NYC , 2008 Semi Finalist UK Song ContestLondon , UK, 2008 Semi Finalist Australia Song Contest - Sydney,Australia , 2007/2008 Song of the Year ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards - Malaga,Spain , 2007/2008 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C., 2007 Artist of the YearLos Angeles Music Awards, 2007 Artist of the Year WCH Radio -St. Louis , 2 Finalist Awards 2007 Unisong International Song Contest - L.A., 2006 Bronze Artist Award RGW Radio - Norfolk, U.K., Finalist 2006 VH1 Song of the Year Contest -Houston /New York [cite web |title=VH1 Song of the Year Contest Finalists Release Debut CD |url=http://www.pittradio.net/music_news/2006.asp?id=604 |publisher=PittRadio |date=2006-08-08] , as well as awards in the Billboard World Song Contest - N.Y.C., the Mid Atlantic Song Contest -Washington D.C. and the U.K.'s Singer/Songwriter Awards inLondon . [cite web |title=Reverend Zen Press |url=http://reverendzenmusic.com/press.htm] [cite web |title=New York's Reverend Zen Goes Global Winning Song of the Year at Spain's Effigy Awards |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17276 |publisher=Jazz News |date=2008-02-23] [cite web |title=Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17119 |publisher=Jazz News |date=2008-02-08]The album was co-written by Evans and James Gerard. Musicians on the album have performed with
Bruce Springsteen , Sting,Stevie Wonder ,Eric Clapton ,Annie Lennox ,Elvis Costello ,Shawn Colvin ,Donald Fagen ,John Scofield ,B.B. King ,David Sanborn ,Sheryl Crow ,Pearl Jam ,Aretha Franklin ,John Mayer . [cite web |title=Biography |url=http://reverendzenmusic.com/bio.htm] [cite web | title=Reverend Zen / The Musicians | url=http://reverendzenmusic.com/musicians.htm]Track listing
(Source: [cite web |title=Reverend Zen Music (album) |url=http://www.reverendzenmusic.com/music.htm] )
# "Magdalena" (4:41)
# "Bad Attitude" (4:35)
# "Don't Try to Tell Me" (4:18)
# "The Boston Shakedown" (4:09)
# "Only a Fool" (4:46)
# "My Sigmund Freud" (4:42)
# "Her Love" (5:12)
# "Dangerous Times" (3:12)
# "Boy Genius' (4:46)
# "The One in Love" (4:52)References
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