Solace Angles, feat. Bobby Bradford and William Roper

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Hello, all - I figure a few of you may be interested in this brand new album, releasing April 15 on the venerable Asian Improv Records. The release in question is called Solace Angles, featuring the mighty cast of Bobby Bradford, William Roper, and my Grex mates Rei Scampavia and Robert Lopez.

Solace Angles is a tribute to Los Angeles - a place I love dearly, and that has needed dear love as of late. Recorded in 2023, this recording is the culmination of a longstanding ambition of mine to record an intergenerational document of West Coast free improvisation. It touches on elements of Bobby's collaborations with the great John Carter, with shades of the seminal trio Purple Gums and the daring, open-ended work of Nels Cline and many others. 

In the interim between recording and release, Bobby and Roper were both impacted by the 2025 greater Los Angeles wildfires. (You may have caught wind of our fundraisers.) It was never my intention for this recording to engage with that tragic event. Rather, I'd like to think of Solace Angles as a celebration of West Coast free improvisation at its most resilient.

Pre-orders and a representative preview track are available now at https://karlevangelista.bandcamp.com

Thanks to all! 

K