Died On This Date (April 10, 2008) Carl Evans Jr. / Fattburger
themusicsover Carl Evans Jr.
February 19, 1955 – April 10, 2008
Carl Evans Jr. was the keyboardist for San Diego contemporary jazz band, Fattburger. Evans began playing the keyboards as a child and by the time he was in high school, he was in a funk band called Power. The band was so good that Barry White hired them to go on tour with him, forcing Evans to finish high school a semester early. In later years, Evans could be heard performing with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Stevie Wonder and Anita Baker. In 1984, Evans co-founded Fattburger, a jazz band that found great popularity throughout Southern California and beyond. They recorded several critically acclaimed albums and earned a Grammy nomination. Evans died at the age of 53 of complications from diabetes.
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Oscar Pettiford was a virtuoso jazz double bassist and cellist who made his mark during the ’40s and ’50s. With his mother being Choctaw and his father half Cherokee and half African American, Pettiford was likely the most famous Native American jazz musician in history. Although most never new of his Native American lineage. Pettiford grew up playing in the family band, first on piano, and then switching to double bass at the age of 14. Pettiford was one of the forefathers of the be bop movement and over the course of this career worked with the likes of 
