Tomorrow’s Yesterday Album Notes
Tomorrow’sYesterdayis the debut solo album from flutist/composer Gina Izzo, performing as l a d y y b i r d d. Far from conventional, Tomorrow’s Yesterday is a personal exploration integrating original music by Izzo, improvisation and analog effects pedals, with the flute at the center. While a flute may seem an unlikely candidate for musical insurrection, l a d y y b i r d d brings dynamic intensity and unrestricted adventure – a unique and compelling sonic tapestry, with brilliant contributions from her collaborators, which include all-star improvisers Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Erika Dohi (Juno synthesizer), Nick Dunston (bass), Ian David Rosenbaum (percussion), and Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone). The thirteen-track album will be released digitally and physically (CD) from Innova Recordings.
Says Izzo, “In an attempt to reshape direction, Tomorrow’s Yesterday explores the questions of how we can process painful memories but not let them overpower us and how we internalize, normalize, and manifest trauma – through an electronic and visual landscape.”
Tomorrow's Yesterday was engineered and produced by Joseph Branciforte at greyfade studios.
BioNY-based flutist Gina Izzo "rattles speakers and expectations with stoptime razzle, vocal (flute-talk) and electronic (phaser) effects" (NYC Jazz Record). Far from conventional, Izzo integrates improvisation and analog FX, with the flute at the center.
Recently, she has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, The Stone, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater,
the Jazz Standard, National Sawdust, and the Bang on a Can Festival, among others.
Her solo project, l a d y y b i r d d, which features original electro-acoustic music, has been described as "an absolute masterpiece in experimentation" (XuneMag) with "an unbridled sense of adventure, razor-sharp technique, and dynamic intensity" (Honk Magazine). In 2010 Gina co-founded RighteousGIRLS, with pianist Erika Dohi. The duo have received a 2023 Chamber Music America project grant, a 2016 New Music USA Impact Award, and whose debut album "gathering blue" received 4.5 stars in Downbeat Magazine.
Izzo is currently adjunct faculty at The New School, on the Board of Directors of the Willie Mae Rock Camp, and an ambassador for the Interlochen Center for the Arts and can be heard on Innova Recordings, Jagjaguwar, Nation Sawdust Tracks, Panoramic Records, and New Focus Recordings.
Track List
1. Still (introduction) (1:15)
2. Into What is Wanted (feat. Immanuel Wilkins, Nick Dunston) (4:40)
3. when you fall asleep (2:26)
4. Tomorrow’s Yesterday (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire) (5:04)
5. Mirror(s) (3:22)
6. Stay Leave (feat. Immanuel Wilkins, Ian Rosenbaum) (5:40)
7. dream within a dream (2:23)
8. when we say goodbye (1:54)
9. Where Do We Go (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire, Nick Dunston, Ian Rosenbaum, Immanuel Wilkins) (4:30)
10. false awakening (0:41)
11. Shadow Boxing (feat. Ian Rosenbaum) (4:02)
12. two ends of a burning candle (1:37)
13. Still (feat. Erika Dohi and Nick Dunston) (5:13)
US Street Date: August 25, 2023
Catalog Number: Innova 099
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/ladyybirdd
PR: Steven Swartz & Kacey Fassett, DOTDOTDOTMUSIC
Gina Izzo