
Gina Izzo
"...jarring and innovative...dynamic energy"
-CLASSICALITE
"...outside of the realm of expectation...truly unique sound…"
-ARE YOU HIP TO THIS?

Photo: Ryan Nava

ladyybirdd is an eponymous debut album featuring original music (by flutist Gina Izzo) for flute through washed-out reverbs, analog synthesizers, and FX.
Lucid dreaming, mirrored reflections, and disrupted breathing connect intimately to the album narrative’s personal response to loss. In the studio, the flute streams through a series of analog guitar pedals that alter the sound of the flute through FX, creating a sense of urgency, calm, and resistance to moving forward.
In collaboration with producer and engineer Joseph Branciforte, the album features artists including:
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Andy Akiho, steel-pan
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Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet
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Erika Dohi, keyboards
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Nick Dunston, bass
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Carol Féliz, spoken word
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Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
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Immanuel Wilkins, saxophone
ladyybirdd's music video, "into what is wanted," a precursor to the debut album, was recently recorded at the Berklee Power Station in New York City and will release on October 20, 2021.
The album is set to release in 2022.
QUOTES
"....rattles speakers and expectations with stop-time razzle, vocal (flute-talk) and electronic (phaser) effects"
-NYC Jazz Record
"....jarring and innovative...dynamic energy" -CLASSICALITE
"...outside of the realm of expectation...truly unique sound…"
-ARE YOU HIP TO THIS?
"The whole of gathering blue, featuring compositions by Vijay Iyer, Ambrose Akinmusire, and others, displays the same enthralling quick-change artistry."
-Brooklyn Rail
"...one of the most adventurous new music debut albums in recent years."
-I Care If You Listen
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ladyybirdd [tomorrow's yesterday]- EPK
Flute – Gina Izzo
Alto Saxophone – Adison Evans
Orchestrated By, Cello – Kristine Kruta
Producer – Gabriel Garzón-Montano
Trombone – Rebecca Patterson
Viola – Jocelin Pan, Monica Martin
Violin – Chiara Fasi, Maria Im, Molly Fletcher
Written – Gabriel Garzón-Montano