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Bukas: How Karl Evangelista is Exploring the Future of Free Music with his Quintet and Special Guest, Andrew Cyrille - Release Date: August 22, 2025 via 577 Records The rumors are true. Rising Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista has officially teamed up with 577 Records to reveal an aural feast fit for melophile royalty. In his first album with the label, Bukas, his quintet (Karl Evangelista’s Apura) is joined by a very special guest: drum legend Andrew Cyrille. This thought-provoking avant-garde piece doesn't only recognize the need for a better world. It also creates a mesmerizing platform for discovering what that could look like. The new release’s namesake is tied to Evangelista’s roots (“Bukas” means “tomorrow” in the Filipino language Tagalog). A slightly different pronunciation of the word translates to “open”, setting expressive freedom as the theme for the whole album. It explores the life of experimentalism, from its origins to its purpose and function and a wondrous destiny currently being shaped by pioneers like Karl Evangelista’s Apura. “Our project argues that Free Music is aspirational in character, ” explains the California-based artist. “It liberates the performer, and in doing so, it envisions a tomorrow where all individuals are guaranteed freedom and equality. Free music may sound dissonant, intense, and overwhelming, but it is also filled with passion, complexity, and love.” Karl Evangelista’s Apura includes bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, tenor saxist Francis Wong, Rei Scampavia on the keys and electronics, alto saxist Lewis Jordan, and the man himself on guitar. The group defies traditional free music and moves improvisation into the modern age with 21st-century sounds and techniques without sacrificing imagination. Bukas drops on August 22nd. Only 300 first-edition CD copies will be available, but you can also get it on digital download. Tracklist 1. For Good (1:33) 2. What I Am Concerned About Now (6:26) 3. Midas (7:15) 4. High Temperature (6:43) 5. Confirm the Truth (8:06) 6. Ghost Captain (6:43) 7. Walking Ayler in Tarzana (7:37) 8. Balikbayan Box (5:36) 9. Anti (10:28) Bukas: How Karl Evangelista is Exploring the Future of Free Music with his Quintet and Special Guest, Andrew Cyrille Release Date: August 22, 2025 via 577 Records Genres: Avant-garde, Experimental, Avant STREAM, DOWNLOAD BELOW user image Karl Evangelista's Apura photo credit: Myles Boisen (hight-res available below) ABOUT THE ALBUM The rumors are true. Rising Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista has officially teamed up with 577 Records to reveal an aural feast fit for melophile royalty. In his first album with the label, Bukas, his quintet (Karl Evangelista’s Apura) is joined by a very special guest: drum legend Andrew Cyrille. This thought-provoking avant-garde piece doesn't only recognize the need for a better world. It also creates a mesmerizing platform for discovering what that could look like. The new release’s namesake is tied to Evangelista’s roots (“Bukas” means “tomorrow” in the Filipino language Tagalog). A slightly different pronunciation of the word translates to “open”, setting expressive freedom as the theme for the whole album. It explores the life of experimentalism, from its origins to its purpose and function and a wondrous destiny currently being shaped by pioneers like Karl Evangelista’s Apura. “Our project argues that Free Music is aspirational in character, ” explains the California-based artist. “It liberates the performer, and in doing so, it envisions a tomorrow where all individuals are guaranteed freedom and equality. Free music may sound dissonant, intense, and overwhelming, but it is also filled with passion, complexity, and love.” Karl Evangelista’s Apura includes bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, tenor saxist Francis Wong, Rei Scampavia on the keys and electronics, alto saxist Lewis Jordan, and the man himself on guitar. The group defies traditional free music and moves improvisation into the modern age with 21st-century sounds and techniques without sacrificing imagination. Bukas drops on August 22nd. Only 300 first-edition CD copies will be available, but you can also get it on digital download. user image Album Artwork, (hi-res available below) Album preview: Midas (track) (7:15) content image 3 577 Records Karl Evangelista's Apura: 'Midas' feat. Andrew Cyrile from album 'Bukas' (577 Records) by 577 Records content image 4 content image 5 Tracklist 1. For Good (1:33) 2. What I Am Concerned About Now (6:26) 3. Midas (7:15) 4. High Temperature (6:43) 5. Confirm the Truth (8:06) 6. Ghost Captain (6:43) 7. Walking Ayler in Tarzana (7:37) 8. Balikbayan Box (5:36) 9. Anti (10:28) user image Karl Evangelista photo credit: Lenny Gonzalez (hight-res available below) Album Credits: Karl Evangelista: guitar, voice (3, 6) Lewis Jordan: alto saxophone, voice (1, 9) Francis Wong: tenor saxophone Rei Scampavia: keys, electronics Lisa Mezzacappa: bass with Special Guest Andrew Cyrille: drums Recorded May 27-28, 2023 by Philip Perkins at The Lab (San Francisco), Oaktown Jazz Workshops (Oakland) Mixed by Karl Evangelista Mastering by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios, San Francisco Cover photography by Mario Caroni Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali Graphic support by Mark Smith Titles 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 by Karl A.D. Evangelista (Grexsounds, ASCAP), Titles 3 and 7 by Karl A.D. Evangelista/M. Rei Scampavia (Grexsounds, ASCAP) Publishing: Karl Evangelista (Grexsounds, ASCAP) Links: Label: Instagram // Facebook // Bluesky Pre-Order Bandcamp user image Karl Evangelista's Apura photo credit: Lenny Gonzalez (hight-res available below) ---- About 577 Records: 577 Records is proud to be celebrating its 24 year anniversary. The legendary music master Daniel Carter was one of the first people 577 cofounder Federico Ughi met soon after arriving in New York from Italy in 2000, after a brief stint in London. It was a meeting of like minds and shortly thereafter the two started a series of house concerts at 577 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, the apartment where Federico was living at the time. The spontaneous nature of the concerts along with the incredible caliber of the deep downtown underground music they were able to present inspired them to bring the unique nature of what they were doing to a wider audience and they founded the label 577 Records to further that mission. 577 Records started the New York Forward Festival in 2015 to mark the momentous occasion of Daniel Carter’s 70th birthday, now with festival editions happening in Morocco and Italy as well, and the international residency program Sounds of Freedom, in which active musicians are awarded the opportunity to develop their own sound, skills, and improvisation concept. 100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums goes to the musicians. “Guided by a mission to capture the ephemeral, to keep jazz relevant, and to foster a collaborative community of artists, the music 577 releases is timeless, masterful, and mystical.” - Bandcamp “the music of new possibilities, full of spirituality and introspection, an alternative that did not need volume or screaming at the top of your lungs to position itself, and coupled with a deep sense of pulse and the blues.” - Free Jazz Blog “577 Records, the musical home of the daring and the brave” - All About Jazz 577 Records Brooklyn, New York www.577records.com ©+℗ 2025 FOR FANS OF: Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra GENRES: Avant-garde, Experimental, Avant |
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