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Karl Evangelista’s Apura — Ngayon (Astral Spirits)

Photo by David DeHart

Ngayon by Karl Evangelista's Apura

Guitarist Karl Evangelista is back with Ngayon (which, the liner notes explain, means “now” in Tagalog), the second installment in his Apura project. The all-new band features Francis Wong on sax, Rei Scampavia on piano, legendary drummer Andre Cyrille, and the addition of a bassist, Lisa Mezzacappa. While the name of the group and titles of the album and songs reference Evangelista’s Filipino heritage, as with the earlier record (Apura! 2020, also on Astral Spirits), the influence is not overt; this sounds like a modern free jazz record, and a fine one at that.

Evangelista is a technically skilled and thoughtful guitarist with a fairly clean tone who keeps the shredding tasteful (e.g., on “Sige Na, Bukas” and “Sinabi Mo Pa”). He mainly solos, rather than providing a chordal framework, and is especially compelling when engaging in dialogs with Wong. Given the latter’s long commitment to blending jazz and Asian music, he is the perfect choice for this project, and he is inspired here; a good example is his solo around six minutes into the title track that snakes unpredictably through Cyrille’s cymbal work. The venerable drummer, for his part, remains at the top of his game (check out the opening to “Sinabi Mo Pa”); no one else could have stepped so nimbly into the shoes of the equally legendary South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo, whom circumstances prevented from participating in this recording.

The most significant change in the lineup in terms of the overall sound is the addition of a bassist, and Mezzacappa really shines here, whether holding down the fort or soloing, for instance, following up the solo by Wong mentioned earlier. Her arco work is also impressive on “Isang Bagsak.” Scampavia’s piano is less heard than the other instruments apart from on the brooding almost-ballad “Santo,” which features some taut interplay with Evangelista and Cyrille.

The five tracks are longish, with only one coming in under eight minutes, thus leaving ample room for improvisation and shifts in tempo and dynamics. The sprawling title track, which opens the record, is consistently surprising, ending, for instance, not in a crescendo or fade-out but with a slow and deliberate restatement of the main theme. The liner notes describe numerous difficulties encountered during the recording of Ngayon, but they are not apparent in the end result. This joyful and at times challenging jazz builds on the strengths of the earlier recording while tightening the focus.

Jim Marks

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Chanel f/w 1998 rtw Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld Model Linda Evangelista Newest Cool

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Chanel Spring 1995

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Karl Lagerfeld - Fall 1994 RTW

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Linda Evangelista for Karl Lagerfeld

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Chanel Fall 1994 RTW

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W, November 1994.

Ph. Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

Vogue, August 1994

Photographer - Ellen Von Unwerth

Fashion editor - Grace Coddington

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10 Women by Peter Lindbergh

Design Juan Gatti  , Preface Karl Lagerfeld

Schirmer Mosel, München 1996, 110 pages, 18 x 14 cm, Hardcover, English Edition, ISBN  9783823814160, First Edition

euro 90,00

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The supermodel phenomenon has captured the 90s all over the globe, surpassing every known form of star cult. Peter Lindbergh, German photographer living in Paris, made a major contribution to the optical creation of this worldwide myth. The most beautiful and most celebrated supermodels owe many of their best photographs to Peter Lindbergh's creativity, perception, and particularly his sensitive camera eye. In his first book Ten Women, published in 1996, Peter Lindbergh has devoted one chapter to each of his most beautiful young women: Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Kristen McMenamy, Kate Moss, Tatjana Patitz, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Amber Valetta. Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld wrote a short foreword to the book, not devoid of a streak of melancholy.  

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Linda Evangelista by Karl Lagerfeld, 1993

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HIGHLY recommend “In Vogue: The 90s” for anyone who’s fashion obsessed and especially loves any type of 90s fashion and models and so on. it’s on disney+ it’s amazing i’m obsessed

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Linda at Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld SS87

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Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista for Chanel Couture, 1990

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Chanel ss 1988

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Karl Lagerfeld - Fall 1994 RTW