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Released on Asian Improv Records (AIR00122)

All tracks composed by Karl Evangelista/Rei Scampavia (Grexsounds/ASCAP), Bobby Bradford (Gethsemane Music/ASCAP),
William Roper (Ecce Occidere Music/ASCAP), and Robert Lopez

Los Angeles has a long and storied history of maverick artistry. From the vibrant murals of Venice Beach to Simon Rodia's monumental Watts Towers, the landmarks of LA scaffold the daily lives of Angelenos with reminders of the region's rich cultural legacy. Laboring in the shadows of these behemoths are LA's musicians - composers, instrumentalists, sound artists, and improvisers.

Easily invisible but no less significant than the streets and symbols that surround them, LA's homegrown musicmakers are part of what give Southern California its unique heartbeat. To some, Los Angeles is best remembered as the hotbed of West Coast jazz - and as a stopping point on Ornette Coleman's journey to change the world at New York's Five Spot Cafe. The area later gave rise to hip-hop and rock music of incalculable import. To many, however, Los Angeles reverberates with names that are weighty, if somewhat unheralded: Horace Tapscott, John Carter, Vinny Golia, and so on.

The record that you hold in your hands is meant to commemorate both the bright lights and deep, darkened corners of Los Angeles. It remembers the plight of impoverished strivers, of rebels against unjust authorities, of young people seeking new lives in a world that feels both forbidding and magical. It understands Los Angeles as a place that people call home, and not just some romantic ideal.

My family lived in Los Angeles from 1978 to 2021. For a very long time, it was the only place that I could credibly call home. The child of two Filipino immigrants, I felt that Los Angeles was the exact midway point between my time in the San Francisco Bay Area and my ancestral province of Iloilo. It is because of this deep connection to LA that this album brings me so much pride. It features members of my band Grex, all of them with strong ties to Southern California, as well as two trailblazing LA artists: the multitalented William Roper and legendary cornetist Bobby Bradford.

I write this under the pall of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Both Bobby and Roper lost their homes in this conflagration, and we set up two crowdfunding campaigns to help them recover. I will never forget the sheer number of people who donated their money, time, and kindness in the wake of this tragedy. This record is dedicated to Bobby, Roper, and the people of LA. They remind me, again, that living in Los Angeles is a source of hard-won pride.

-Karl Evangelista, January 2025

credits

released April 15, 2025

Karl Evangelista - guitar
Bobby Bradford - cornet, voice, etc.
Rei Scampavia - keys
William Roper - tuba, voice, etc.
Robert Lopez - drums

Executive Producer: Tatsu Aoki
Project coordinator: Rika Lin
Artistic Direction: Karl Evangelista
Sponsored in part by Asian Improv aRts Midwest Arts Initiative Program

asianimprovrecords.com
karlevangelista.com

Recorded July 15, 2023 at Newzone Studio, Los Angeles, CA Engineer: Wayne Peet (Killzone Music)

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Filipino-American guitarist/composer Karl Evangelista (b.1986) ranks among a new wave of musicians pushing the traditions of jazz and experimental music into the 21st century. Synthesizing the heavy legacy of contemporary improvised music with popular song and 20th century composition, Evangelista explores multicultural concepts with sonic intensity and political fervor. ... more

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