Bb, in Isolation, by Danny Fratina

Bb, in Isolation

by Danny Fratina

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1.	Allison, alto sax 00:18	info	buy track
2.	Bardia, setar 03:17	info	buy track
3.	Max, upright bass 02:31	info	buy track
4.	Müge, piano 01:02	info	buy track
5.	Yulia, flute 02:48	info	buy track
6.	Ayşe, cello 03:58	info	buy track
7.	Audrey, electric harp 02:18	info	buy track
8.	Amy, percussion 01:35	info	buy track
9.	Jake, electric guitar 00:24	info	buy track
10.	Celia, viola 00:46	info	buy track
11.	Mark, soprano sax 00:32	info	buy track
12.	Sam, Bb trumpet 00:56	info	buy track

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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.

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released January 25, 2022

Composed by Danny Fratina, 2020. Recorded live in various locations between May 2020 and September 2021.

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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Danny Fratina İstanbul, Turkey

Danny Fratina is a composer and transcriptionist from the US, currently based in Istanbul.

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