Fly By Night and Niagara are a two part suite illustrating the two poles of bipolar disorder: mania and depression. From feeling on top of the world, to feeling impossibly anxious, to anger and fragility, Fly By Night takes you through the magical and the terrifying parts of mania - only to land underneath the surface of a frozen Niagara Falls, in the middle of a brutal Ontario winter, waiting for the melt.
from
Aftermath,
released November 1, 2019
Personnel:
Chelsea McBride – tenor sax, conductor, composer
Colleen Allen – soprano and alto saxophones, piccolo, flute, alto flute
Naomi Higgins – soprano and alto saxophones, flute, alto flute
Alison Young – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Patrick Smith – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Conrad Gluch – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, alto flute
James Rhodes, Justin See, Tom Upjohn, Kaelin Murphy (solo) – trumpets/flugelhorns
William Carn, Aidan Sibley, Jill Richards – trombones
Nicholas Sieber – bass trombone, tuba
Alex Samaras – voice (solo)
Chris Bruder – piano
David Riddel – guitar (solo)
Steven Falk – acoustic and electric basses
Geoff Bruce – drums
Recorded at Canterbury Studios on April 7-10, 2019
Editing by Julian Decorte and Jeremy Darby at Canterbury Studios
Mixed by Jeremy Darby at Canterbury Studios
Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering
Produced by Kevin Stolz
Album artwork by Arthur Ikuta
Album layout by Becca Howes
Photos by Evan Shay and Jill Richards