U.S. bassist, composer, arranger and producer. Born on December 30, 1932 in Birmingham, Alabama. Died on October 5, 2014 in Natick, Massachusetts.

Evans is best known as producer and arranger for [[label:Cadet Records]] during the 1960s and early 1970s, working with artists like [[artist:Ramsey Lewis]], [[artist:Marlena Shaw]], and [[artist:Dorothy Ashby]]. In the same period, he also formed [[artist:154794]] with whom he recorded several albums.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked as a bassist and arranger with artists such as [[artist:Natalie Cole]], [[artist:Peabo Bryson]], and [[artist:Ahmad Jamal]]. Served as a music professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston for more than two decades. Richard Evans for a brief period in the late 50s was a member of [[artist:Sun Ra]]'s Arkestra, playing on the early Ra album [[master:84360]].