Danny Fratina - Bb, in Isolation (January 2022)

Dealing with limitations of genre, performance behavior, and various modalities of forced minimalism, Bb, In Isolation, is an experiment in liminality, where conventionally presumed boundaries between sociality/isolation and composition/improvisation are put to test. The music only insists on a single unifying initial pitch class before giving space to each player to generate their own personal statement within the given parameters, albeit in overstatedly minimal terms.

The piece was performed by 12 musicians around the world, and, to emphasize the creative immediacy of improvisation, no compositional information was given to any musician in advance. The performance and recording began immediately after the sheet music was revealed. Inspired by the conditions imposed by the pandemic, and the new forms and formats of music-making it brought about, this piece explores the contingencies of isolated improvisation and social composition.

1. Allison, alto sax 00:18

2. Bardia, setar 03:17

3. Max, upright bass 02:31

4. Müge, piano 01:02

5. Yulia, flute 02:48

6. Ayşe, cello 03:58

7. Audrey, electric harp 02:18

8. Amy, percussion 01:35

9. Jake, electric guitar 00:24

10. Celia, viola 00:46

11. Mark, soprano sax 00:32

12. Sam, Bb trumpet 00:56

Allison Burik - alto sax

Bardia Hafizi - setar

Max Ridley - upright bass

Müge Hendekli - piano

Yulia Musayelyan - flute

Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu - cello

Audrey Harrer - electric harp

Amy Salsgiver - percussion

Jake Hertzog - electric guitar

Celia Daggy - viola

Mark Zaleski - soprano sax

Sam Dechenne - Bb trumpet

Mixed and mastered by Can Murtezaoğlu

Artwork by İlkim Karakuş

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Allison Burik Quartet - Mythos (2016)

Label: Self Released

Source: Allison Burik

Genre: Modern Creative Jazz

GAB's Rating: ★★★★☆  

Allison Burik grew up in the Kansas City jazz scene, where the tradition of jazz is so deeply rooted that it can be heard in the musicians playing there today. She has performed there as the headliner in her own ensemble, the Allison Burik Quintet, and also in a myriad of other ensembles including the New Jazz Order Big Band and the Black House Collective Composers Ensemble. She has performed as a featured artist at venues such as the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts and Take Five Coffee+Bar. In October of 2015, Burik went on tour with the Vid Jamnik 5tet in the Lorraine region of France and also performed in the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Jazz Fest. Burik released her first album, Lakeside, fall of 2014 and recently released a duo album entitled Umbrella Pine with guitarist Magdalena Abrego in September 2015. Over the years Allison has studied with notable instructors including George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, Bobby Watson, Shannon LeClaire, Tia Fuller and Dan Thomas. Today she is pursuing her degree in performance at Berklee College of Music under a full scholarship, while living and gigging in Boston.

1. Antlers 04:53
2. Wendigo 07:35
3. Kitsune 06:22
4. The House of the North Wind 08:43
5. Hugin and Munin* 04:12
6. Dragon Song 04:42
7. Out of Arcady 04:59
    

Allison Burik - Saxophone, vocals, compositions
Magdalena Abrego - Guitar
Seulgi Hwang - Bass
Willis Edmundson - Drums

*Special Guest George Garzone - Tenor Sax 

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