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

Jack Evans (musician)

Jack Evans 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...

, and he is the group's lead singer and drummer

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Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon

The album and Reverend Zen has won seventy worldwide music industry awards 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 from 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 from ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards - Costa del Sol, Spain

Spain

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/N.Y.C., 2008/09 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C, 2 Finalist Awards 2008/09 Unisong International Song Contest - L.A. 2008 Best Song Nomination Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 Music Awards, 2008 Best Song Nomination Toronto

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 Exclusive Magazine Awards - Toronto, Canada

Canada

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, 2008 Finalist France's 100% Song Contest - Arville/Paris

Paris

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, France

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, 2008 Semi Finalist UK Song Contest - London

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, UK, 2008 Semi Finalist Australia Song Contest - Sydney, Australia

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, 2008 Golden Wave Artist of the Year Award - The Colorado

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 Wave - Indie Music Wave shows I Radio LA - Denver/Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, 2007/08 Song of the Year & 2007/08 Artist of the Year Nomination with 5 Finalist Awards ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards - Costa del Sol, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

/N.Y.C., 2007/08 ASCAP Plus Award - N.Y.C., 2007 Artist of the Year with 4 Best Song Nominations Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 Music Awards - L.A., 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., Finalist with 5 Runner Up Awards 2006 VH1 Song of the Year Contest - Houston/New York

New York

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, as well as multiple awards in the Billboard World Song Contest - N.Y.C.

New York City

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, the Mid Atlantic Song Contest - Washington D.C. and the Singer/Songwriter Awards in London

London

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The album was co-written by Evans and James Gerard. Musicians on the album have performed with Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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, Sting, Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

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, Eric Clapton

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, Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

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, Elvis Costello

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, Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

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, Donald Fagen

Donald Fagen

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, John Scofield

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, B.B. King, David Sanborn

David Sanborn

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, Sheryl Crow

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, Pearl Jam

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, Aretha Franklin

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, John Mayer

John Mayer

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, Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

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, Albert Collins

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, Ashford & Simpson

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, Michael Jackson

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. Reverend Zen also appears on the compilation releases "Fresh Produce 4" c2007 from MVY Radio - Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Ma., Newport, R.I., "Music For Coffee Beings" c2007 from RPW Records - British Columbia, Canada, "Songwriters & Storytellers" c2007 from Indie Artist Alliance - Castro Valley, Ca., "Just Talents" c2007 from Research Music - Miami, Rio De Janeiro, Berlin.

Track listing

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1. "Magdalena" (4:41)
2. "Bad Attitude" (4:35)
3. "Don't Try to Tell Me" (4:18)
4. "The Boston Shakedown" (4:09)
5. "Only a Fool" (4:46)
6. "My Sigmund Freud" (4:42)
7. "Her Love" (5:12)
8. "Dangerous Times" (3:12)
9. "Boy Genius' (4:46)
10. "The One in Love" (4:52)