Karl Evangelista's "
Bukas" with Special Guest
Andrew Cyrille(Matinee Performance,
FREE ADMISSION)
with
Karl Evangelista (guitar),
Lewis Jordan (saxophone),
Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Rei Scampavia (keys),
Francis Wong (saxophone), with Special Guest
Andrew Cyrille (drums)
Filipino-American guitarist/composer
Karl Evangelista presents Bukas (Tagalog for "Tomorrow"), a brand-new work that explores the intersection between intergenerational resistance and revolutionary music.
Bukas combines prerecorded interviews, documenting the firsthand accounts of veteran artists with histories in musical innovation, with cutting-edge sounds drawn from the realms of free jazz, electronic music, and noise. In doing so, this composition serves to both educate audiences on the stories of radical Black and Asian artists and thrust the narrative of creative music into the realm of tomorrow.
Bukas features
Karl Evangelista's Apura ensemble, including special guest Andrew Cyrille (the legendary drummer of the Cecil Taylor Unit), Asian American jazz icon
Francis Wong, Bay Area free jazz legend
Lewis Jordan, daring bassist
Lisa Mezzacappa, and Rei Scampavia, Evangelista's partner in acclaimed experimental duo Grex. Apura's 2020 debut record has been hailed as a "modern classic" (Free Jazz Blog) and "improv disc of the year" (Downtown Music Gallery).
2:30pm doors/3pm music
EVENT WEBSITECost: Free/Donations Accepted
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