13 Killer Arrangements by Marion Evans

Along with Ernie Wilkins, Marion was among the toughest big-band swingers

Marion Evans, who turns 100 in May, is still one of jazz and pop’s finest big-band and orchestral jazz arrangers. Over the course of his long career, he could do it all—scoring sensitively when the recording session called for a ballad feel and ferociously when a big band was needed to kick like a swinging mule. [Photo above of Marion Evans in 2015 by J…