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“Rara Indivisible” is based on another traditional Haitian genre.   Rara is a Haitian processional music played during Lent on percussion and one-note trumpets called vaksin or konè.  Since each horn traditionally only plays one pitch, melodies are distributed among players: the result is a glorious cacophony.   My piece approximates this sound in overlapping contrabass clarinets, which dance underneath the electronic bass clarinet.  Rara is also popular in the Dominican Republic, where it is called gagá.  The song’s title alludes to the fact that, in spite of differences, Haiti and the Dominican Republic share much. 
 

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from Water Prayers for Bass Clarinet, released November 30, 2018
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Paul Austerlitz: bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and tenor saxophone
Benito González: piano
Santi DeBriano: bass
Royal Hartigan: drum set
Isaiah Richardson: clarinet
Rozna Zila: vocals

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Paul Austerlitz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Paul Austerlitz is Coordinator of Jazz and Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Gettysburg College. He combines his creative work as a musician with ethnomusicological research on Afro-Caribbean music. Austerlitz is especially active in blending the music of the Dominican Republic and Haiti with jazz. ... more

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