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Karl A.D. Evangelista

About Me

Notes on Recordings Above:

(1)/(2) w/Cory Wright (bar s), Jordan Glenn (dms)
(7)/(8) duo with Alex Vittum (dms)
All other tracks KADE, solo electric guitar
Improviser, composer, and guitarist Karl Alfonso Evangelista was born in Van Nuys, California, USA, on April 28, 1986, the son of two Filipino immigrants. His music explores the intersection between improvisation and composition in a multicultural, transidiomatic social space. Evangelista performs in an improvising trio with saxophonist Francis Wong and bassist/vocalist/percussionist John-Carlos Perea, the quartet Host Family, and the duo Grex with partner Margaret Rei Scampavia, and has studied under many of the chief figures in modern creative music, including India Cooke, Fred Frith, Myra Melford, Roscoe Mitchell, and Zeena Parkins. He received his BA in Social Transformation and the Development of 20th Century Artforms at UC Berkeley, CA, USA, and has recently completed his Master of Fine Arts in Improvised Music at Mills College, CA, USA.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/17/2008
Band Members:

Groups: Grex (K-guitar, vcls, etc.; Margaret Rei Scampavia-piano, saxophone, flute, gamelan, vcls, etc.)
TrueCollapse/Trio/Quartet (K-guitar + Revolving Guests [recent: Cory Wright-bari, Jordan Glenn-dms; soon: w/Michael J. Dale-alto, Christopher M. Skebo-tpt])
Host Family (...)
Influences: guitarists: Sonny Sharrock, James "Blood" Ulmer, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, John Russell, Chris Spedding, Masayuki Takayanagi, Roger Smith, Lucky Ranku, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Albert King, B.B. King, Skip James, Lightnin' Hopkins, Arto Lindsay, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Bill Frisell, Joe Pass, Pete Cosey, Tennie Hodges, Steve Cropper

ensembles: The Blue Notes (Dudu Pukwana/Mongezi Feza/Nick Moyake/Chris McGregor/Johnny Dyani/Louis Moholo), the Brotherhood of Breath, AMM, Spontaneous Music Ensemble/Orchestra, Pan African People's Arkestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Lester Bowie/Roscoe Mitchell/Joseph Jarman/Malachi Favors/Don Moye), Human Arts Ensemble, Globe Unity Orchestra, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Air, the Battered Ornaments, Mwandishi, Tony Williams Lifetime, Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet(s),

composers/performers/improvisers: Muhal Richard Abrams, Andrew Hill, Grachan Moncur III, Jimmy Giuffre, Albert Ayler, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Kaoru Abe, Evan Parker, Don Cherry, Peter Brotzmann, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Barry Guy, Keith Tippett, La Monte Young, Ennio Morricone, Cecil Taylor, Robert Wyatt, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Harper, Frank Wright, Bob Dylan, Anthony Braxton, Julius Hemphill, Al Green, Otis Redding, Jack Bruce, Madlib, Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Jacques Coursil, Gunter Hampel, Marion Brown, John Carter (cl), Bobby Bradford, Tim Berne


Sounds Like: Cuisinart components cycling through a loaded dishwasher. Sometimes plates.And: http://www.myspace.com/hostfamilyband
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

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