Jazz Articles about Mary Halvorson

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Unlimited 31 - Mary Halvorson "Ribbons of Euphoria"

by Luciano Rossetti
January 27, 2018

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Mary Halvorson: Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32

by Don Phipps
December 13, 2017

Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32 offers up the final installment in prolific composer John Zorn's 32-album sojourn (titled Book of Angels). It is an exciting and fitting capstone. From the start, the music dances its way through contrasts of exciting, mysterious, probing, exotic, and shifting musical folk-jazz idioms, improvisations and compositions. The Mary Halvorson Quartet are Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Drew Gress on bass, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Miles Okazaki on guitar. There is ...

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Luciano Linzi - Direttore artistico di JazzMI

by Paolo Peviani
October 23, 2017

Milano ha sempre ospitato numerose iniziative e rassegne in ambito jazzistico. Più o meno strutturate, più o meno significative. Per molti anni, tuttavia, alla città è mancato un vero e proprio festival. Una lacuna non da poco per una città di grandi ambizioni, che ama confrontarsi e competere con le principali capitali europee. Nel 2016 JazzMI ha colmato questa lacuna, inondando la città con una quantità impressionante di concerti ed iniziative collaterali. In vista della seconda edizione ...

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Mary Halvorson Octet: Away With You

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 16, 2017

La band è stellare -vi troviamo alcuni dei più quotati improvvisatori della scena newyorchese -la leadership discreta ma autorevole, la scrittura sorprendente, il risultato finale mozzafiato. Dal solo al settetto, Mary Halvorson aveva già avuto modo di mettere in mostra il proprio talento, cresciuto alla scuola di Mr. Anthony Braxton, ma l'ottetto (formazione ibrida ambigua per natura, a metà strada tra il piccolo combo allargato e l'ensemble di grandi dimensioni, per contro formazione dalle infinite possibilità) non aveva ancora trovato ...

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Marc Ribot: Live In Tokyo

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 18, 2016

Ah, The Sound of Philadelphia. For folks lucky enough to grow up in or around the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection in the mid-to late-1970s (I'm one), the very phrase resounds with memories, most emanating from Sigma Sound Studios on North 12th Street: Thick yet clear arrangements, pumping and thumping basslines and rhythms, masterful vocalists smooth (Billy Paul) and rough (Teddy Pendergrass), guided by the firm yet sensitive hands of soul entrepreneurs Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and ...

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Mary Halvorson Octet: Away With You

by Glenn Astarita
November 9, 2016

This debut octet outing led by guitarist Mary Halvorson is packed with an all-star team, featuring alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist John Hébert and other notables. However, one of the differentiators is the addition of pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, who pushes the envelope above and beyond standard fare, sans the traditional Country music element. As many would anticipate, Halvorson integrates a modicum of surprises into the program that include false endings, shifting cadences, melancholic interludes and manic breakdowns amid ...

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Mary Halvorson Octet: Away With You

by Troy Dostert
October 18, 2016

Continuing her streak of outstanding releases, guitarist extraordinaire Mary Halvorson once again shows her determination to build upon her unique style as a composer and bandleader. She's taken her septet from 2013's superb Illusionary Sea and added an eighth member, pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, and the resulting music is typical Halvorson: harmonically complex, emotionally compelling, and full of interesting moments worth savoring. The first thing one notices about Alcorn's presence is the sense of atmosphere she provides. ...