BCDELUXE Andrew D'Angelo

• 1 BIC 00:56
• 2 Blues Lightening 04:52
• 3 Referendum 00:56
• 4 PK 3809 03:43
• 5 Nicolele 01:45
• 6 Sonification 03:18
• 7 Dingsbums 00:57
• 8 Contrast Agent 01:26
• 9 Bambara 01:49
• 10 Norsk Mystique 03:04
• 11 Happy Mellow 01:48
• 12 Light Language 09:35
• Total Runtime 34:09

Info for BCDELUXE

Twelve pieces for solo bass clarinet, recorded in Berlin between October 2025 and April 2026. BCDeluxe is the latest in the series of solo albums that Loveland has been quietly building over the last few years, following Mark Turner's We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads, Palle Mikkelborg's Light, and Thomas Morgan's Around You Is A Forest. One instrument, one player, nowhere to hide.

Andrew D'Angelo was raised in Seattle, where he formed the friendships with Chris Speed and Jim Black that would shape the next four decades of his playing. He moved to New York in 1986, reconnected with the two of them in Boston, and together with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel formed Human Feel, one of the central incubators of new jazz through the 1990s. When the group relocated to Brooklyn in the early part of that decade they were absorbed almost immediately into the downtown scene, becoming sidemen of choice for a long list of players. D'Angelo has since worked with Erik Friedlander, Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, Cuong Vu, and Matt Wilson, and led his own Tyft, Morthana, and DNA Orchestra.

As a composer he has built a personal language rooted in jazz but drawing on electroacoustic music, noise, and modern classical writing, with work for big band, chamber groups, string orchestra, and soloists. That breadth is what makes a solo bass clarinet record from him something other than a technical exercise. The NYC Jazz Record has described his playing as deeply felt, at times anarchic, at times fragile and haunting, and all of those registers are available to a single unaccompanied horn.

“Andrew D’Angelo has been a distinctive voice in the New York avant garde scene for nearly three decades. Whether leading his own groups big and small, or working with groundbreaking collaborative ensembles like Human Feel and Tyft, D’Angelo’s playing is deeply felt, sometimes anarchic, sometimes fragile and haunting.” – NYC Jazz Record

Andrew D’Angelo

Recorded by Andrew D’Angelo at Baruther Strasse Studios in Berlin from October 2025 to April 2026
Mixed at Baruther Strasse Studios, Berlin & Peter Karl Studios, Brooklyn
Engineer: Andrew D’Angelo and Peter Karl
Mastered at Peter Karl Studios, Brooklyn
Mastering Engineer: Peter Karl (Assisted by David Elberling)

Andrew D'Angelo
Andrew's charismatic presence and iconoclastic musical ambition have been well-established over the course of his twenty year plus career and his key roles in bands like Human Feel, the Matt Wilson Quartet and Tyft. His dedication to pushing his limits and his willingness to delve into new musical areas have been powerful inspirations to his peers and to a new generation of improvisers. His forceful tone and aggressive improvisational style have made him one of the most influential alto saxophonists of his time.

"D'Angelo is an expressionist. On alto, he wields a visceral, heart-on-sleeve tone" - Jazztimes Magazine

Andrew D'Angelo was raised in Seattle, where he forged powerful musical and personal relationships with fellow young musicians Chris Speed and Jim Black before moving to New York City in 1986. He reconnected with Speed and Black in Boston, where they formed Human Feel with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Human Feel would prove to be one of the central incubators of new jazz for the 1990's. When the band moved to Brooklyn in the early 1990's, they were rapidly absorbed into the blossoming downtown music scene, becoming sidemen of choice for many world-renowned artists. D'Angelo joined bands and made records with Erik Friedlander, Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft/Cuong Vu and would forge another long-lasting musical relationship with drummer Matt Wilson.

As a composer, D'Angelo has created a powerful personal language rooted in jazz but incorporating influences from electro-acoustic music, noise, and modern classical music. D'Angelo's work as a composer has included music for big band, chamber groups, string orchestra, various jazz ensembles and soloists.

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